Reduced Behavioral Response to Gonadal Hormones in Mice Shipped during the Peripubertal/Adolescent Period

Animals shipped from commercial suppliers to laboratories are exposed to a wide variety of stressors. Female C57Bl6/J mice shipped during the peripubertal/adolescent period (6 wk old) display lower levels of female sexual behavior in response to estradiol and progesterone injections after ovariectom...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Endocrinology (Philadelphia) 2009-05, Vol.150 (5), p.2351-2358
Hauptverfasser:	Laroche, Julie, Gasbarro, Lauren, Herman, James P, Blaustein, Jeffrey D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	17β-Estradiol Adolescents Age Age Factors Animals Behavior, Animal - drug effects Biological and medical sciences Corticosterone Corticosterone - blood Down-Regulation - drug effects Female Females Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gonadal Hormones - pharmacology Handling (Psychology) Hormones Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis Hypothalamus Male Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Ovariectomy Pituitary Progesterone Puberty Sex hormones Sexual behavior Sexual Behavior, Animal - drug effects Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology Sexual Maturation - physiology Shipping Stress, Psychological - blood Stress, Psychological - etiology Stress, Psychological - physiopathology Testosterone Transportation Vertebrates: endocrinology
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