Spinal motor and sensory neurons are androgen targets in an acrobatic bird

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3780-3791

  Fuxjager, Matthew J ^a   Schultz, J Douglas ^a   Barske, Julia ^a   Feng, Ni Y ^a   Fusani, Leonida ^a   Mirzatoni, Anahid ^a   Day, Lainy B ^a   Hau, Michaela ^b   Schlinger, Barney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FINCH; FORELIMB; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MANACUS VITELLINUS; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PASSERIFORMES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84864389689     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1313     Document Type: Article

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