Estradiol masculinizes the posteromedial cortical nucleus of the amygdala in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-273

  Vinader Caerols, Concepción ^a   Collado, Paloma ^b   Segovia, Santiago ^b   Guillamón, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatization hypothesis; Posteromedial cortical amygdaloid nucleus; Sex differences; Stereology; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIRILIZATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0033674040     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(00)00332-4     Document Type: Article

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