Androgen receptor expression in satellite cells of the neonatal levator ani of the rat

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 448-454

  Swift Gallant, Ashlyn ^a   Monks, D Ashley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Levator ani; Satellite cells; Sexual differentiation; Spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SATELLITE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUALLY MONOMORPHIC CONTROL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SATELLITE CELLS, SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84876444728     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22066     Document Type: Article

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