Neuroendocrine effects of peripubertal stress exposure in the female mouse

The peripubertal period is a period during which significant brain re-organization occurs, and during which changes in the neuroendocrine milieu normally lead to the onset of fertility. Shipping female mice during the peripubertal period causes a long-lasting behavioral defeminization of feminine se...

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Main Author: Laroche, Julie
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2008
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3315522