γ-Aminobutyric acid-immunoreactive neurons in the amygdala of the rat - Sex differences and effect of early postnatal castration

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-177

  Stefanova, Nadya ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Amygdala; Gonadal hormones; Immunohistochemistry; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; SEX HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032561307     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00735-6     Document Type: Article

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