Modulatory Effects of Sex Steroid Hormones on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor-Tyrosine Kinase B Expression during Adolescent Development in C57Bl/6 Mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 774-788

  Hill, R A ^a,b   Wu, Y W C ^a,b   Kwek, P ^a   Van den Buuse, M ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Mice; Neurotrophins; Oestrogen; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; NEUROTROPHIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULTHOOD; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84859915253     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02277.x     Document Type: Article

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