Ontogeny of sexually dimorphic astrocytes in the neonatal rat arcuate

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-158

  Mong, Jessica A ^a,b   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

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

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain sexual differentiation; Estradiol; GFAP; Glia; Gonadal steroid; Hypothalamus; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037115045     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(02)00541-2     Document Type: Article

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