Gender‐related changes in the avian vasotocin system during ontogeny

@article{Jurkevich2001GenderrelatedCI,
  title={Gender‐related changes in the avian vasotocin system during ontogeny},
  author={Aleksandr Jurkevich and Roland Grossmann and Jacques Balthazart and Carla Viglietti-Panzica},
  journal={Microscopy Research and Technique},
  year={2001},
  volume={55}
}
The arginine vasotocin (AVT) system of the avian brain includes a sexually dimorphic part that extends from the caudal part of preoptic region through the medial part of the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BSTm) to the lateral septum. It is composed of the parvocellular neurons located in the BSTm and the dense innervation of the medial preoptic region and lateral septum. In this part of the brain, AVT expression is stronger in males than in females in a few bird species investigated to date… 
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