AGE-DEPENDENT SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF THE HY POTHALAMIC MEDIAL PREOPTIC NUCLEUS OF THE PIG

Authors
SMOLLICH A GROSSMANN J
Citation
A. Smollich et J. Grossmann, AGE-DEPENDENT SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF THE HY POTHALAMIC MEDIAL PREOPTIC NUCLEUS OF THE PIG, ANAT HISTOL, 24(1), 1995, pp. 67-72
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences","Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Anatomia, histologia, embryologia
ISSN journal
03402096 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
67 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-2096(1995)24:1<67:ASDOTH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The medial preoptic nucleus of the porcine hypothalamus is characteriz ed by an age-dependent sexual dimorphism in the postnatal period of th e development. It manifests itself as sexual differences in the densit y and volume of the perikarya. A transient concentration of perikarya in the centre of the medial preoptic nucleus, especially distinctive i n male piglets, is somewhat similar to the 'sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area' of Gorski, as characterized in rats.