Pubertal testosterone organizes regional volume and neuronal number within the medial amygdala of adult male Syrian hamsters

Brain Research

Volumn 1460, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-40

  De Lorme, Kayla C ^a   Schulz, Kalynn M ^a,b   Salas Ramirez, Kaliris Y ^a,c   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial amygdala; Neuronal number; Puberty; Regional brain volume; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CRICETINAE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 84861589054     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.04.035     Document Type: Article

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