Projections of the sexually dimorphic anteroventral periventricular nucleus in the female rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 384, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 142-164

  Gu, G B ^a   Simerly, R B ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin secretion; Hypothalamus; PHA I; Preoptic region; Prolactin secretion

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030926108     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970721)384:1<142::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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