10.5060/d2qr4v2t
Grisham, William
Jones, Heidi B.
Park, Sun Hee
Rat spinal cord image archive
UCLA
2003
Retrodorsal dorsal lateral nucleus (RDLN)
Spinal cord
Prenatal exposure
Organizational effects
Antiandrogens
Androgens
Female
Sprague-Dawley rats
Control
Neuroanatomy
Development
Rattus norvegicus
Motor neurons
Central nervous system
Spinal nerves
Animal sex differences
Sex hormones
UCLA::MDCUNE
National Science Foundation
UCLA Office of Instructional Development
Image files
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Image library of spinal cord motoneurons for analyzing sex differences and effects of prenatal antiandrogens on these neurons. Includes a PDF of an article describing the use of this image library (Grisham, W., Jones, H. B., & Park, S. H. (2003). Sex Differences and Organizational Effects of Androgen in Spinal Cord Motor Nuclei. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 2(1) A29-A36). Also provided are links to free image analysis tools. Read the published article (from the Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, Fall 2003, 2(1):A28-A35) about the use of the RatSCIA image library (included in this downloaded package as filename: "Grisham_spinal_lab.pdf").
Library of images taken through a microscope featuring spinal cord motoneurons that are different between males and females. Some of the males and some of the females were treated with an anti-androgen drug during prenatal development, which had a dramatic impact. Also included are a PDF of an article explaining the use of the images, spreadsheet denoting the sex and treatment group of each individual, calibration files, powerpoints, and sundry other resources that faculty might find useful.