Visualizing sexual dimorphism in the brain

Neuron

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-319

  Shah, Nirao M ^a   Pisapia, David J ^a   Maniatis, Silas ^a   Mendelsohn, Monica M ^a   Nemes, Adriana ^a   Axel, Richard ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL POPULATION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 4043088497     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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