Prenatal gonadal steroids affect adult spatial behavior, CA1 and CA3 pyramidal cell morphology in rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-198

  Isgor, Ceylan ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE PROPIONATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032191226     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1477     Document Type: Article

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