Estradiol masculinizes the number of accessory olfactory bulb mitral cells in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-230

  Pérez Laso, Carmen ^a   Segovia, Santiago ^a   Collado, Paloma ^a   Rodríguez Zafra, Mónica ^a   Del Abril, Agueda ^a   Guillamón, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Olfaction; Sex differences; Vomeronasel system

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MITRAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; VIRILIZATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0031013570     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00260-2     Document Type: Article

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