Species differences in androgen receptor expression in the medial preoptic and anterior hypothalamic areas of adult male and female rodents

Neuroscience

Volumn 284, Issue , 2015, Pages 943-961

  Jahan, M R ^a   Kokubu, K ^a   Islam, Md N ^a   Matsuo, C ^a   Yanai, A ^a   Wroblewski, G ^a   Fujinaga, R ^a   Shinoda, K ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Caudal nebular island; Rostral nebular island; Sexually dimorphic nucleus; Tear drop nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DBA MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALBINDINS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84913580672     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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