Unmasking the functional anatomy of medial preoptic nucleus-influences on the hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal axis
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a critical mediator of the stress response system. However, despite clear evidence for an inhibitory role of testosterone on stress-induced activation of the HPA axis, the routes and mechanisms have not been addressed. To first determine where test...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7628 |