Permanent effects of postnatal administration of beta-adrenergic ligands on the volume of sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area (SDN-POA) in rats

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Izdebska Straszak, Grazyna ^a   Gubala, Elzbieta ^c   Jedrzejowska Szypulka, Halina ^a   Klencki, Mariusz ^b   Wiczkowski, Andrzej ^a   Jarzab, Barbara ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adrenergic system; Preoptic area; Rat brain; Sexual differentiation; Sexually dimorphic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALPRENOLOL; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; LIGAND; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 33745644727     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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