Sexual differentiation of central vasopressin and vasotocin systems in vertebrates: Different mechanisms, similar endpoints

Neuroscience

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 947-955

  De Vries, G J ^a   Panzica, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Estrogen; Lateral septum; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID; VASOPRESSIN;

FEMININITY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MASCULINITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 33644500154     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.07.050     Document Type: Article

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