Dendritic branching features of Golgi-impregnated neurons from the "ventral" medial amygdala subnuclei of adult male and female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 439, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-292

  Dall'Oglio, Aline ^a   Gehlen, Günther ^b   Achaval, Matilde ^a   Rasia Filho, Alberto A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEEVALE   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Anterodorsal medial amygdala; Dendrites; Posteroventral medial amygdala; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 44649146417     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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