Sexually dimorphic synaptic organization of the medial amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 46, 2005, Pages 10759-10767

  Cooke, Bradley M ^a   Woolley, Catherine S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Electron microscopy; EPSC; Rat; Sex difference; Synapse

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27944480327     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2919-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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