Novel ontogenetic patterns of sexual differentiation in arcuate nucleus GHRH neurons revealed in GHRH-enhanced green fluorescent protein transgenic mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 607-617

  McArthur, Simon ^a   Robinson, Iain C ^b   Gillies, Glenda E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PROTEIN P20; PROTEIN P30; PROTEIN P60;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 79951607530     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0798     Document Type: Article

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