Postnatal development of a sexually dimorphic, hypothalamic nucleus in gerbils: A stereological study of neuronal number and apoptosis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 376, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-325

  Holman, S D ^a   Collado, P ^b   Skepper, J N ^a   Rice, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

cytoarchitecture; gerbils; mitosis; pyknosis; vocal function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERBIL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0029830394     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961209)376:2<315::AID-CNE12>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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