The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis has developmental and adult forms in mice, with the male bias in the developmental form being dependent on testicular AMH

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 605-610

  Wittmann, Walter ^a,b   McLennan, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Calbindin; Gender; Sexual dimorphism; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PHEROMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF STRIA TERMINALIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENDER DYSPHORIA; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STEREOTYPY; STRIA TERMINALIS; TRANSSEXUALITY;

BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; CALBINDIN; GENDER; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TESTES; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS;

EID: 84884914382     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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