Developmental sex differences in Calbindin-D(28K) and calretinin immunoreactivity in the neonatal rat hypothalamus

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-322

  Brager, Darrin H ^a   Sickel, Micah J ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Development; GABA; Ventromedial nucleus; Western blot

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034651771     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(20000215)42:3<315::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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