Development of sex differences in the principal nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of mice: Role of Bax-dependent cell death

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-362

  Gotsiridze, Tina ^a   Kang, Ningdong ^a   Jacob, Dena ^a   Forger, Nancy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Cell Death; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAX GENE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34548629512     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20353     Document Type: Article

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