Sexual dimorphism and steroid responsiveness of the posterodorsal medial amygdala in adult mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Morris, John A ^a   Jordan, Cynthia L ^a   King, Zachary A ^a   Northcutt, Katharine V ^a   Breedlove, S Marc ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfactory bulbs; Sexual behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARIECTOMY; POSTERODORSAL MEDIAL AMYGDALA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 37549064707     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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