Effects of intrauterine position on the metabolic capacity of the hypothalamus of female gerbils

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-519

  Jones, D ^a   Gonzalez Lima, F ^a   Crews, D ^a   Galef Jr , B G ^b   Clark, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgenization; Brain metabolism; Cytochrome oxidase; Functional capacity; Intrauterine position

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERBIL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; METABOLIC CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERUS;

EID: 0030941016     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00494-5     Document Type: Article

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