Postnatal development and sex difference in neurons containing estrogen receptor-α immunoreactivity in the preoptic brain, the diencephalon, and the amygdala in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-93

  Yokosuka, Makoto ^a   Okamura, Hiroaki ^b   Hayashi, Shinji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatization; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; Preoptic area; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030712466     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971208)389:1<81::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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