Sex-specific development of spatial orientation is independent of peripubertal gonadal steroids

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1709-1716

  Wojniusz, Slawomir ^a,b   Ropstad, Erik ^c   Evans, Neil ^d   Robinson, Jane ^d   Solbakk, Anne Kristin ^a   Endestad, Tor ^a,e   Haraldsen, Ira Ronit Hebold ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; GnRH; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist; Puberty; Sex differences; Sheep; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITIVE FUNCTION; GNRH; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE AGONIST; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCES; SHEEP; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GOSERELIN; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; OVARY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84883657239     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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