Anti-Müllerian hormone may regulate the number of calbindin-positive neurons in the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area of male mice

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; Calbindin; Childhood; Development; Imprinting; Medial preoptic area; Puberty; Sexual dimorphic nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892933459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2042-6410-4-18     Document Type: Article

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