Evidence for sexual differentiation of glia in rat brain

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 553-562

  Mong, Jessica A ^a   Kurzweil, Rachel L ^a   Davis, Aline M ^a   Rocca, Meredith S ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLIA; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030431437     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0058     Document Type: Article

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