Effects of sex steroids on aromatase mRNA expression in the male and female quail brain

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-188

  Voigt, Cornelia ^a,b   Ball, Gregory F ^c   Balthazart, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Aromatase mRNA; In situ hybridization; Japanese quail; Preoptic area; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUAIL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 78650307421     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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