Peri-pubertal gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment affects sex biased gene expression of amygdala in sheep

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3115-3127

  Nuruddin, Syed ^a   Krogenæs, Anette ^a   Brynildsrud, Ola Brønstad ^a   Verhaegen, Steven ^a   Evans, Neil P ^c   Robinson, Jane E ^c   Haraldsen, Ira Ronit Hebold ^b   Ropstad, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Gene expression; GnRH agonist; Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Microarray; Puberty; Sex differences; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVINE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

AMYGDALA; GENE EXPRESSION; GNRH AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH); MICROARRAY; PUBERTY; SEX-DIFFERENCES; SHEEP;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GOSERELIN; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHEEP;

EID: 84888295097     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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