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. 1971 Aug 20;173(3998):731-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.173.3998.731.

Sexual dimorphism in the preoptic area of the rat

G Raisman, P M Field

Sexual dimorphism in the preoptic area of the rat

G Raisman et al. Science. .

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.

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