Neurogenesis of the sexually dimorphic vasopressin cells of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala of rats

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Al Shamma, Hussien Ali ^a   De Vries, Geert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

limbic system; neurogenesis; neurotransmitter phenotype; sexual differentiation; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030052672     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199601)29:1<91::AID-NEU7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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