Maternal programming of sexual behavior and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal function in the female rat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Cameron, Nicole ^a   Del Corpo, Adina ^a   Diorio, Josie ^a   McAllister, Kelli ^a   Sharma, Shakti ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LACTATION INHIBITION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROESTRUS; PROGENY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ADRENAL GLAND; AMNION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ESTRUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

RATTUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AMNION; ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 48249152626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002210     Document Type: Article

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