Photoperiod-dependent response to androgen in the medial amygdala of the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-154

  Cooke, Bradley M ^a   Hegstrom, Carol D ^b   Breedlove, S Marc ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Gonadal steroids; Melatonin; Neural plasticity; Seasonal rhythms

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; COLORING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; SEMINAL VESICLE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

AMYGDALA; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; COLORING AGENTS; CRICETINAE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0036548608     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873002129002438     Document Type: Article

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