Sexual dimorphism in the neuronal circui
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Giancarlo Panzica; Carla Viglietti-Panzica; Jacques Balthazart
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A sexually dimorphic nucleus is located in the preoptic area of Japanese quail and plays a key role in the activation of male copulatory behavior. The medial preoptic nucleus (POM) is significantly larger in adult male than in adult female quail. Its volume is steroidβsensitive in adult