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From: Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats

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Expression pattern of AR, ERα and ARO mRNA in forebrain regions of breeding female Damaraland mole-rats. Brightfield photomicrographs of autoradiograms of coronal sections through the mole-rat brain illustrating the distribution of AR, ERα and ARO mRNA visualized by in situ hybridization. Panels A, C and E illustrate adjacent sections from the brain of a female breeder at the level of the preoptic area (comparable to Bregma 0.22 of the naked mole-rat brain atlas [32]. Panels B, D and F come from sections of the same female brain at the level of the caudal hypothalamus, (comparable to Bregma −0.69 mm of the naked mole-rat brain atlas [32]. Abbreviations: ac, anterior commissure; ARC, arcuate nucleus; AVPV, anteroventral periventricular nucleus; BSTp, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, principal nucleus; CoA, cortical amygdaloid nucleus; ME, median eminence; MeA, medial amygdaloid nucleus; MPOA, medial preoptic area; PVT, paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus; SFO, subfornical organ; VMHvl, ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, ventrolateral part; 3 V, third ventricle.

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