Sexual Dimorphism in the Preoptic Area of the Rat
- 20 August 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 173 (3998), 731-733
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.173.3998.731
Abstract
A quantitative evaluation of the relative distribution of synapses on dendritic shafts and spines serves to differentiate the neuropil of the preoptic area from that of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus; it also shows that the neuropil of the preoptic area is sexually dimorphic.Keywords
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