Chronotype changes during puberty depend on gonadal hormones in the slow-developing rodent, Octodon degus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Hagenauer, Megan Hastings ^a,b   Ku, Jennifer HeeYoung ^b   Lee, Theresa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bimodal; Circadian; Crepuscular; Diurnal; Juvenile; Phase; Sex

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; MALE; OCTODON; ORCHIECTOMY; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 79958028227     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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