The Role of ER-Alpha and the Ovaries in the Enduring Altered Behavioral Response to Pubertal Immune Stress
Peripubertal immune stress alters adult responsiveness to estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P). When female mice are injected with the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) at six weeks of age, or during pubertal development, they display a decrease in response to ovarian hormones. In contrast...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1197 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2334&context=theses |