Social and hormonal triggers of neural plasticity in naked mole-rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 234-239

  Holmes, Melissa M ^a   Seney, Marianne L ^b   Goldman, Bruce D ^c   Forger, Nancy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Naked mole rat; Neuroplasticity; Onuf's nucleus; Paraventricular nucleus; Social status

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; BREEDING; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MOLE RAT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONUF NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; MOLE RATS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 78650618464     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.11.056     Document Type: Article

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