Sexually dimorphic processing of somatosensory and chemosensory inputs to forebrain luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone neurons in mated ferrets

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1121-1129

  Wersinger, Scott R ^a,b   Baum, Michael J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BREEDING; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRET; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0031039842     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.3.4969     Document Type: Article

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