Sexual dimorphism of perineal muscles and motoneurons in spotted hyenas

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 333-343

  Forger, Nancy G ^a   Frank, Laurence G ^b   Breedlove, S Marc ^b   Glickman, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen; bulbocavernosus muscle; Onuf's nucleus; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; FINASTERIDE; FLUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRILIZATION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARNIVORA; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029914160     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961111)375:2<333::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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