Sex and seasonal differences in the rate of cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of adult wild meadow voles

Neuroscience

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 955-964

  Galea, L A M ^a   McEwen, B S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Apoptosis; Corticosterone; Estradiol; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; ARVICOLINAE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA REPLICATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 0032914661     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00345-5     Document Type: Article

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