Graded response to short photoperiod during development and early adulthood in Siberian hamsters and the effects on reproduction as females age

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 390-397

  Place, Ned J ^a   Cruickshank, Jenifer ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovary; Photoperiod; Reproductive aging

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; JUVENILE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UTERUS;

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KEYHOLE-LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; UTERUS;

EID: 61349099518     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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