Sex differences in the dendritic arbor of hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus neurons

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-156

  Griffin, Gerald D ^a   Flanagan Cato, Loretta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Lordosis; Reproductive behavior; Sexual dimorphism; VMH

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SILVER STAINING; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 64549100227     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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