Early exposure to oxytocin affects the age of vaginal opening and first estrus in female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-138

  Withuhn, Thomas F ^a   Kramer, Kristin M ^b   Cushing, Bruce S ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

First estrus; Oxytocin; Sexual maturation; Vaginal opening

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; INJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0141887618     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00222-1     Document Type: Article

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