title: Sex differences and right-left asymmetries in rat hippocampal components.
abstract: Previous reports have indicated morphologic hippocampal asymmetry in thickness in male and female rats. In the present study, the possible sex differences and right-left asymmetries in rat hippocampal components were investigated. Pyramidal cells in four hippocampal sectors on thionin-stained sections were counted and the thickness of the hippocampal components was measured on microslide-projected images. The present study showed significant sexual dimorphism in two hippocampi as well as asymmetry in male. These findings agree with those found in humans.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Histology & Embryology and Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rağbetli
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aydinlioğlu
authors.forename: Süleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012737:Sex Factors