Author | Stefanova, Nadya. author |
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Title | Sexual Dimorphism of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and the Amygdala [electronic resource] / by Nadya Stefanova, Wladimir Ovtscharoff |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57269-2 |
Descript | X, 78 p. 19 illus. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 1.1 Sexual Differentiation of the Brain -- 1.2 Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis -- 1.3 The Amygdala -- 1.4 Chemoarchitecture of the BST and the Amygdala -- 1.5 Gender-Related Characteristics of the BST and the Amygdala -- 1.6 Mediators of Reproductive Behavior -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Experimental Animals -- 2.2 Anesthesia -- 2.3 Castrations -- 2.4 Experimental Treatment -- 2.5 Fixation -- 2.6 Sectioning -- 2.7 Nissl Staining -- 2.8 Immunocytochemistry -- 2.9 Morphometric Studies and Statistics -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis -- 3.2 The Amygdala -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Localization of the Nuclei -- 4.2 Volumes -- 4.3 Total Neuronal Density -- 4.4 GABA-Immunoreactive Neurons -- 4.5 Parvalbumin-Immunoreactive Neurons -- 4.6 Leucine-Enkephalin-Immunoreactive Neurons -- 4.7 Sexual Dimorphism of the CNS -- 5 Summary -- 5.1 The Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis -- 5.2 The Amygdala -- References