van Eerdenburg F J, Swaab D F
Department of Functional Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Neurosci Lett. 1991 Oct 28;132(1):85-8. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(91)90439-z.
Neuron number and volume of the recently described vasopressin and oxytocin containing nucleus (VON) in the pig hypothalamus have been studied into adulthood. Following a 2.5-fold increase in both sexes around puberty, both neuron number and volume of the VON continued to increase in the female pig between 1 and 2.5 years of age. Since no such increase occurred in the male, the VON exhibits a pronounced sexual dimorphism in adulthood of 260%.
对猪下丘脑最近描述的含有血管加压素和催产素的核团(VON)的神经元数量和体积进行了成年期研究。在青春期前后,两性的VON神经元数量和体积均增加了2.5倍,之后在1至2.5岁的雌性猪中,VON的神经元数量和体积继续增加。由于雄性猪未出现这种增加,因此成年期VON表现出明显的两性差异,差异率为260%。