Vasopressin receptors in the mouse (Mus musculus) brain: Sex-related expression in the medial preoptic area and hypothalamus

Brain Research

Volumn 743, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 32-39

  Dubois Dauphin, Michel ^a   Barberis, Claude ^b   De Bilbao, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

medial preoptic area; oxytocin; paraventricular nucleus; sexual dimorphism; substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; OLFACTORY BULB; PREOPTIC AREA; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030472772     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01019-0     Document Type: Article

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