Sex and estrous cycle-dependent differences in glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in the adult rat hippocampus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 257-263

  Arias, Clorinda ^a   Zepeda, Angélica ^a   Hernández Ortega, Karina ^a   Leal Galicia, Perla ^a   Lojero, Cinthia ^a   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Estrous cycle; GFAP; Glial cells; Hippocampus; Sex steroid hormones; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 58149178568     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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