Sex difference and steroidal stimulation of galanin immunoreactivity in the ferret's dorsal preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-288

  Park, Joong Jean ^a   Baum, Michael J ^a   Tobet, Stuart A ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of stria terminalis; Medial amygdala; Neuropeptide; Testosterone; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERRET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERRETS; GALANIN; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030670347     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971215)389:2<277::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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