Prepubertal gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog leads to exaggerated behavioral and emotional sex differences in sheep

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-27

  Wojniusz, Slawomir ^a,b   Vögele, Claus ^c   Ropstad, Erik ^d   Evans, Neil ^e   Robinson, Jane ^e   Sütterlin, Stefan ^c   Erhard, Hans W ^f   Solbakk, Anne Kristin ^a   Endestad, Tor ^g   Olberg, Dag Erlend ^h   Haraldsen, Ira Ronit Hebold ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h Section of Nephrology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavior; GnRH; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Heart rate variability; HRV; Puberty, sheep, cognition; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GOSERELIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMOTIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOSERELIN; HEART RATE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78651456835     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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