Effects of medial preoptic area and septal lesions on puberty in female guinea pigs

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 731-738

  Olster, Deborah H ^a   Paulson, Kristen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031050573     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.3.731     Document Type: Article

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