The medial preoptic and anterior hypothalamic regions of the rhesus monkey: Cytoarchitectonic comparison with the human and evidence for sexual dimorphism

Brain Research

Volumn 793, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 346-350

  Byne, William ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoarchitecture; Human; Hypothalamus; Preoptic area; Rhesus monkey; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; THIONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHENOTHIAZINES; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032543151     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00275-3     Document Type: Article

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