Estrogen receptor β expression in the mouse forebrain: Age and sex differences

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 358-371

  Zuloaga, Damian G ^a   Zuloaga, Kristen L ^a   Hinds, Laura R ^a   Carbone, David L ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Development; Esr2; Estrogen receptor; Estrogen receptor ; Forebrain; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGE; DEVELOPMENT; ESR2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR Β; FOREBRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROSENCEPHALON; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84889663948     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23400     Document Type: Article

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