Gender, puberty and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, a neuroendocrine pathway involved in the stress response is well studied in both human beings and rodents. Major gender-related neuroendocrine changes take place during pubcl1y (days 30 - 60 in rats) including a robust increase in the levels of gonadal s...
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University of Bristol
2009
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.618813 |