Sex and environmental influences on the size and ultrastructure of the rat corpus callosum

Brain Research

Volumn 450, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 1-8

  Juraska, Janice M ^a   Kopcik, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Corpus callosum; Differential environment; Sex differences; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL SIZE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023933883     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)91538-7     Document Type: Article

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