Gonadal steroid-dependent neuronal circuitries in avian limbic and preoptic regions

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 112-116

  Panzica, G C ^a   Viglietti Panzica, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Japanese quail; Testosterone; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; AROMATASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; COPULATION; COTURNIX; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; VASOTOCIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHASIANIDAE; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0032980648     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.37.2.112.4741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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