Sex differences in cell migration in the preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus of mice

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 252-266

  Henderson, Rachel G ^a   Brown, Alison E ^a   Tobet, Stuart A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032695442     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19991105)41:2<252::AID-NEU8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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