Testosterone effects on vasotocinergic innervation of sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus and lateral septum during aging in male quail

Brain Research

Volumn 712, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 190-198

  Panzica, G C ^a   Garcia Ojeda E ^a,c   Viglietti Panzica, C ^a   Thompson, N B ^b   Ottinger, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

aging; avian brain; preoptic region; quantitative analysis; sexual behavior; vasopressin; vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0342855379     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01386-5     Document Type: Article

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