Sexual dimorphism of medium-sized neurons with spines in human nucleus accumbens

Archives of Biological Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1149-1156

  Sazdanović, Maja ^a   Mitrović, Slobodanka ^a   Zivanović Mačužic, Ivana ^a   Jeremic D ^a   Tanasković, Irena ^a   Milosavljevic Z ^a   Malikovic A ^b   Ognjanović, Neda ^a   Sazdanovic P ^a   Jovanovic B ^c   Jovanovic J ^c   Todorovic M ^a   Tosevski J ^a  

^a University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Obstetrics Gynecology Clinic   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Golgi; Neurons; Nucleus accumbens; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882632931     PISSN: 03544664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1303149S     Document Type: Article

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