Role of neonatal testosterone in shaping the adult male hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to stress

Testosterone exposure during critical periods of development exerts major organizing effects on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The aim of this thesis was to determine how HPA axis activity is altered by neonatal testosterone, and where and how this might occur in the adult brain. I...

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Main Author: Bingham, Brenda
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40838