Measurements of neuron soma size and density in rat dorsal striatum, nucleus accumbens core and nucleus accumbens shell: Differences between striatal region and brain hemisphere, but not sex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 487, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-181

  Meitzen, John ^a   Pflepsen, Kelsey R ^a   Stern, Christopher M ^a   Meisel, Robert L ^a   Mermelstein, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateralization; Morphometry; Nucleus accumbens; Rat; Sexual dimorphism; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78650213163     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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