Sex differences in behavioral and corticosterone responses to mild stressors in ICR mice are altered by ovariectomy in peripubertal period

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 783-789

  Aoki, Mami ^a   Shimozuru, Michito ^a   Kikusui, Takefumi ^a,b   Takeuchi, Yukari ^a   Mori, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

corticosterone; ovariectomy; principal component analysis; sex difference; stress

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77957580474     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.783     Document Type: Article

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