Photoperiod and androgens act independently to induce spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus neuromuscular plasticity in the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 368-374

  Hegstrom, C D ^a   Jordan, C L ^b   Breedlove, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Photoperiod; Plasticity; Siberian hamster; SNB

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0036251705     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1331.2002.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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