Testosterone down regulates the expression of Fmr-1 gene in the cerebral cortex of gonadectomized old male mice

Biogerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 503-515

  Prasad, S ^a   Singh, Kanchan ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Aging; Brain; Fmr 1 mRNA; FMRP; Testosterone; Trans acting factors

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; FMR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FMR 1 GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADECTOMY; GROUPS BY AGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RELATIVE DENSITY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGING; AKR MOUSE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGY; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; ORCHIECTOMY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84906937993     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-014-9521-4     Document Type: Article

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