Dysregulation of neonatal hippocampal cell genesis in the androgen insensitive Tfm rat

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-152

  Waddell, Jaylyn ^a   Bowers, J Michael ^a   Edwards, N Shalon ^a   Jordan, Cynthia L ^b   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

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

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Neonatal; Neurogenesis; Rat; Sex differences; Tfm

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BOLDENONE; ESTRADIOL;

ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION MUTATION;

ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRADIOL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTATION; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879561112     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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