The preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus of different strains of mice: Sex differences and development

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-182

  Brown, Alison E ^a   Mani, Shaila ^b   Tobet, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Galanin; Genetic; Hypothalamus; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GALANIN; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033516257     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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