Effects of aromatase or estrogen receptor gene deletion on masculinization of the principal nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of mice

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-147

  Tsukahara, Shinji ^a   Tsuda, Mumeko C ^b   Kurihara, Ryohei ^a   Kato, Yukinori ^a   Kuroda, Yoshiko ^a   Nakata, Mariko ^b   Xiao, Kai ^b   Nagata, Kazuyo ^b   Toda, Katsumi ^c   Ogawa, Sonoko ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Estrogen receptor; Masculinization; Sexual differentiation; Sexual dimorphism; Sexually dimorphic nucleus

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GLIA CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; VIRILIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELL COUNT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80053385808     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327541     Document Type: Article

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