## Abstract The posterodorsal medial amygdala (MePD) in rodents integrates olfactory and pheromonal information, which, coupled with the appropriate hormonal signals, may facilitate or repress reproductive behavior in adulthood. MePD volume and neuronal soma size are greater in male rats than in fe
Regional difference in sexually dimorphic synaptic organization of the medial amygdala
β Scribed by M. Nishizuka; Y. Arai
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 785 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4819
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