Lesions in the anterior bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in Syrian hamsters block short-photoperiod-induced testicular regression

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 796-806

  Raitiere, Martin N ^a   Garyfallou, Vasilios T ^a   Urbanski, Henryk F ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; RECURRENCE; TESTIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030886462     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.4.796     Document Type: Article

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