Morphogenesis of the dorsomedial nucleus of the amygdaloid complex in early juvenile period in rats.

Bull Exp Biol Med

Department of Human and Animal Morphology and Physiology, Bashkir State University, Ufa, Russia.

Published: September 2008

We studied the dynamics and gender differences in the formation of the dorsomedial nucleus of the amygdaloid complex in early juvenile period (postnatal days 21, 24, 28 and 31) by determining its planimetric parameters, count of neural and glial cells, and glial and apoptotic indexes.

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