Characterization of aromatase expression in the adult male and female mouse brain. I. Coexistence with oestrogen receptors α and β, and androgen receptors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Stanić, Davor ^a   Dubois, Sydney ^a,b   Chua, Hui Kheng ^a   Tonge, Bruce ^c   Rinehart, Nicole ^c   Horne, Malcolm K ^a,d   Boon, Wah Chin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP19A1 GENE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84898612025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090451     Document Type: Article

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