Sex differences in cells expressing green fluorescent protein under the control of the estrogen receptor-α promoter in the hypothalamus of mice

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-52

  Kyi Tha Thu, Chaw ^a   Okoshi, Kota ^a   Ito, Hiroto ^a   Matsuda, Ken Ichi ^b   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^b   Tsukahara, Shinji ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrogen receptor ; Sex difference; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; STRIOHYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84947493936     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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