Strain and sex differences in puberty onset and the effects of THC administration on weight gain and brain volumes

Neuroscience

Volumn 305, Issue , 2015, Pages 328-342

  Keeley, R J ^a   Trow, J ^a   McDonald, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Hippocampus; Rat; Sex difference; Strain difference; THC

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANALYSIS; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVAN HOODED RAT; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; LONG EVANS RAT; NEWBORN; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DRONABINOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84941287213     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.07.024     Document Type: Article

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