Regulation of Kiss1 expression by sex steroids in the amygdala of the rat and mouse

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2020-2030

  Kim, Joshua ^a   Semaan, Sheila J ^a   Clifton, Donald K ^b   Steiner, Robert A ^b   Dhamija, Sangeeta ^a   Kauffman, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONAD; GONADECTOMY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79955400984     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-1498     Document Type: Article

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