Sexual dimorphism in the neuronal circuits of the quail preoptic and limbic regions

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 364-374

  Panzica, Giancarlo ^a,c   Viglietti Panzica, Carla ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgens; Aromatase; Medial preoptic nucleus; Nucleus striae terminalis; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

LIPIDS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; EMBRYONICS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; NEUROCHEMICALS; NEURONAL CIRCUITS; NUCLEUS STRIA TERMINALI; SEXUAL BEHAVIORS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VASOTOCIN;

NEURONS;

ARGIPRESTOCIN; AROMATASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTENSIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

PHASIANIDAE; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0035885096     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1149     Document Type: Article

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