Androgen modulation of Foxp1 and Foxp2 in the developing rat brain: Impact on sex specific vocalization

Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4881-4894

  Michael Bowers, J ^a   Perez Pouchoulen, Miguel ^a   Roby, Clinton R ^a   Ryan, Timothy E ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP1 PROTEIN, RAT; FOXP2 PROTEIN, RAT; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VOCALIZATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84914169750     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1486     Document Type: Article

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