Testosterone modulation of angiogenesis and neurogenesis in the adult songbird brain

Neuroscience

Volumn 239, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-148

  Chen, Z ^a   Ye, R ^a,b   Goldman, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; BDNF; Estrogen; Neurogenesis; Songbird; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GELATINASE B; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANGIOGENESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SONGBIRD;

AGING; ANIMALS; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROGENESIS; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84876070615     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.12.043     Document Type: Review

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