Structural sexual dimorphisms in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus of the rat hypothalamus are sensitive to gonadal steroids perinatally, but develop peripubertally

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 142-148

  Davis, Elise C ^a   Shryne, James E ^a   Gorski, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal steroids; Periventricular nucleus; Preoptic area; Puberty; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0030026875     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126950     Document Type: Article

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