Similar numbers of neurons are generated in the male and female rat preoptic area in utero

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Orikasa, Chitose ^a   Kondo, Yasuhiko ^a   Usui, Sumiko ^a   Sakuma, Yasuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell death; Development; Migration; Neurogenesis; Prenatal; Preoptic area; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77955331961     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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