Development of a sexually dimorphic projection from the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis to the anteroventral periventricular nucleus in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3003-3013

  Hutton, Leslie A ^a   Gu, Guibao ^a   Simerly, Richard B ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Connections; Development; Dil; Dimorphic; Preoptic region; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0032523134     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-08-03003.1998     Document Type: Article

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