Neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in gonadal steroid receptor-expressing cells in medial preoptic area subregions of the male mouse

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tsuneoka, Yousuke ^a   Yoshida, Sachine ^a,b   Takase, Kenkichi ^c   Oda, Satoko ^a   Kuroda, Masaru ^a   Funato, Hiromasa ^a,d  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PREOPTIC AREA;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 85041413099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10213-4     Document Type: Article

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