Neurons in the principal nucleus of the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis provide a sexually dimorphic gabaergic input to the anteroventral periventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 793-803

  Polston, E K ^a   Gu, G ^a   Simerly, R B ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AVPV; BSTp; GABA; PHA L; Preoptic area; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN ENZYME; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TESTOSTERONE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0346729784     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.09.034     Document Type: Article

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