The amygdala in the guinea pig is sexually dimorphic - A morphometric study

Brain Research

Volumn 1524, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-53

  Równiak, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Amygdala; Guinea pig; Morphometric analysis; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL AMYGDALA; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

3-D RECONSTRUCTION; AMYGDALA; GUINEA PIG; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

CAVIA; CRICETINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84880329833     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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