Long-term effects of pubertal stressors on female sexual receptivity and estrogen receptor-α expression in CD-1 female mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-571

  Ismail, Nafissa ^a   Garas, Peter ^a   Blaustein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

CD1 mice; Estrogen receptor ; Female sexual behavior; Puberty; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME;

EID: 79954759477     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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