17β-Estradiol Regulates the Sexually Dimorphic Expression of BDNF and TrkB Proteins in the Song System of Juvenile Zebra Finches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Tang, Yu Ping ^a   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FINCH; JUVENILE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SINGING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SINGING;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84865650362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043687     Document Type: Article

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