Normal Ontogeny of Perineal Muscles and Testosterone Levels in Mongolian Gerbils; Response to Testosterone in Developing Females

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 997-1008

  Siegford, Janice M ^a,c   Mansouri, S Hadi ^b   Ulibarri, Catherine ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Bulbocavernosus; Electron microscopy; Levator ani; Perineal muscle; Postnatal; Radioimmunoassay; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOCAVERNOSUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GERBIL; GROWTH; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0242290875     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10118     Document Type: Article

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