Lesions of the ventral striatum mimic the effect of olfactory bulbectomy to prevent short photoperiod-induced testicular regression in golden hamsters

Brain Research

Volumn 723, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 148-153

  Gomez, Diana M ^a   Newman, Sarah Winans ^a   Pieper, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

gonadotropin; olfactory pathway; olfactory tubercle; reproduction; testosterone; ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HAMSTER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 0029893128     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00234-X     Document Type: Article

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