Sex differentiation of rat hippocampal GABAergic neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1718-1724

  Reisert, Ingrid ^a   Lieb, Klaus ^a,b   Beyer, Cordian ^a   Pilgrim, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cell numbers; Immunocytochemistry; Sex steroids; Uptake

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029782082     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01315.x     Document Type: Article

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