author keywords: aromatase; estrogen receptor; rat; RRID AB_1141090; RRID AB_310305; RRID AB_566942; sex differences; striatum

MeSH headings : Animals; Caudate Nucleus / chemistry; Caudate Nucleus / growth & development; Caudate Nucleus / metabolism; Estrogen Receptor alpha / analysis; Estrogen Receptor alpha / biosynthesis; Female; Male; Nucleus Accumbens / chemistry; Nucleus Accumbens / growth & development; Nucleus Accumbens / metabolism; Putamen / chemistry; Putamen / growth & development; Putamen / metabolism; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / analysis; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / biosynthesis; Sex Characteristics

TL;DR: The hypothesis that ERα, GPER1, and aromatase exhibits sex, region, and age‐specific differences, including nuclear expression is tested, indicating that developmental period exerts critical sex‐specific influences on striatal cellular estrogenic mechanisms. (via Semantic Scholar)