Separate critical periods exist for testosterone-induced differentiation of the brain and genitals in sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2409-2415

  Roselli, Charles E ^a   Estill, Charles T ^b   Stadelman, Henry L ^a   Meaker, Mary ^b   Stormshak, Fred ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORN OIL; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MASCULINITY; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENITALIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHEEP; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79956312799     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-1445     Document Type: Article

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