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Neuron soma size and density measurements in male and female adult rat nucleus accumbens shell, nucleus accumbens core, and caudate-putamen disaggregated by sex and estrous cycle phase

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Abstract

This dataset contains neuron soma size and density measurements from adult male and female rat striatal regions, including the nucleus accumbens shell, nucleus accumbens core, and caudate-putamen. The estrous cycle phase exhibited by the female rat was assessed, including the diestrus, proestrus, and estrus phases. Soma size and density properties across animals are presented in an analyzed format in a spreadsheet, as well as the individual calculations for each animal. Micrographs of Nissl-stained cells from each animal are also included in BMP format. These data provide the first measurements of striatal neuron soma size and density from adult gonad-intact animals and were key for revealing that the soma size of male neurons were bigger than female neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell.