Critical periods of sensitivity of sexually dimorphic spinal nuclei to prenatal testosterone exposure in female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-415

  Ward, O Byron ^a   Wexler, Ann M ^a   Carlucci, Joseph R ^a   Eckert, Mark A ^a   Ward, Ingeborg L ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INNERVATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MASCULINIZATION; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030430499     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0045     Document Type: Article

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