Neuronal somatic volume of posteroventral medial amygdala cells from males and across the estrous cycle of female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 420, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-115

  Rocha, M Izabel M ^a,b   Mestriner, Regis G ^b   Hermel, Erica E S ^b   Xavier, Léder L ^c   Rasia Filho, Alberto A ^d   Achaval, Matilde ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Biociencias   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Cavalieri method; Gonadal hormones; Sex steroids; Stereology

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL SIZE; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34249305206     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.043     Document Type: Article

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