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Sex-specific behaviors and the rat amygdala
Cooke et al (2007) discuss morphological differences in the medial amygdala (MeA) posterodorsal subnucleus (MeApd). The medial amygdala, according to Cooke et al, "is crucial in the expression of sex-specific social behaviors." Using electron microscopy, Cooke et al found that the left MeApd is larger in male rats than in female rats (both ( Read more... )