Effects of peripubertal gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist on brain development in sheep-A magnetic resonance imaging study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1994-2002

  Nuruddin, Syed ^a   Bruchhage, Muriel ^b   Ropstad, Erik ^a   Krogenæs, Anette ^a   Evans, Neil P ^c   Robinson, Jane E ^c   Endestad, Tor ^d   Westlye, Lars T ^d,e   Madison, Cindee ^f   Haraldsen, Ira Ronit Hebold ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; GnRH agonist; Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); MRI; Puberty; Sex differences; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GOSERELIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

AMYGDALA; GNRH AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH); MRI; PUBERTY; SEX-DIFFERENCES; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GOSERELIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883869594     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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