Development of sexually dimorphic vasotocinergic system in the bed nucleus of stria terminalis in chickens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-60

  Jurkevich, Aleksandr ^a,b   Barth, Stephan W ^a   Kuenzel, Wayne J ^a,c   Köhler, Almut ^a   Grossmann, Roland ^a  

^a Inst Anim Sci and Anim Behaviour   (Germany)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Lateral septum; Ontogeny; Sex difference; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TELENCEPHALON; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 0033599968     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990524)408:1<46::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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