Localization of testosterone-sensitive and sexually dimorphic aromatase-immunoreactive cells in the quail preoptic area

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-171

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Tlemçani, Omar ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase immunocytochemistry; Coturnix Japonica; Effects of testosterone; Japanese quail; Preoptic area; Sex differences; Sexually dimorphic nucleus

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASTRATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030250667     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00149-4     Document Type: Article

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