Relations of hippocampal volume and dentate gyrus width to gonadal hormone levels in male and female meadow voles

Brain Research

Volumn 821, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 383-391

  Galea, Liisa A M ^a   Perrot Sinal, Tara S ^b   Kavaliers, Martin ^b   Ossenkopp, Klaus Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain weight; Estradiol; Sex difference; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033550907     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01100-2     Document Type: Article

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