Functional sexual differences in rat mammillary bodies: A quantitative ag-nor study

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-209

  Gonzalez Gonzalez S ^a   Gonzalez Pardo H ^a   Vallejo, G ^a   Arias, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ag NORs; Estrous cycle; Mammillary body; Rat; Sexual differences

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0030404358     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147882     Document Type: Article

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