A developmental sex difference in hippocampal neurogenesis is mediated by endogenous oestradiol

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bowers, J Michael ^a   Waddell, Jaylyn ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79952312231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2042-6410-1-8     Document Type: Article

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