Rapid and widespread effects of 17β-estradiol on intracellular signaling in the male songbird brain: a seasonal comparison

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1364-1376

  Heimovics, Sarah A ^a   Prior, Nora H ^a   Maddison, Chris J ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FADROZOLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRDS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84857435141     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1525     Document Type: Article

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