Long-term castration effects motoneuron size but not number in the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus in the adult male Mongolian gerbil

Brain Research

Volumn 953, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 265-271

  Fraley, Gregory Scott ^a   Ulibarri, Catherine Mary ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DLN; Retrograde tract tracing; SNB; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; FLUOROGOLD; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; THIONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; IMPLANT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STAIN;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; GERBILLINAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; PERINEUM; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037145703     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02949-9     Document Type: Article

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