Sexual dimorphism in locus coeruleus dendritic morphology: A structural basis for sex differences in emotional arousal

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 342-351

  Bangasser, Debra A ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Garachh, Veraaj ^a   Hanhauser, Emily ^a   Valentino, Rita J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Dendrite; Sex difference; Stress; Synapse

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; DENDRITES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 79952787655     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.037     Document Type: Article

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