Sex chromosome complement determines sex differences in aromatase expression and regulation in the stria terminalis and anterior amygdala of the developing mouse brain

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 414, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-110

  Cisternas, Carla D ^a,b   Tome, Karina ^a   Caeiro, Ximena E ^a   Dadam, Florencia M ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^c   Cambiasso, María J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

"Four core genotypes"; 17 estradiol; Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Dihydrotestosterone; Estrogen receptor; Neurosteroids; Sex chromosomes; Sexual differentiation; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROSTANOLONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL CULTURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GONAD; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOMEDIAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GONADS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84939423846     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2015.07.027     Document Type: Article

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