Neuroanatomy and sex differences of the lordosis-inhibiting system in the lateral septum

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Tsukahara, Shinji ^a   Kanaya, Moeko ^a   Yamanouchi, Korehito ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Lateral septum; Lordosis; Midbrain central gray; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FOREBRAIN; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LATERAL SEPTUM; LORDOSIS; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PROESTRUS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84907174430     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00299     Document Type: Review

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