Maternal programming of sexual behavior and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal function in the female rat.

Maternal programming of sexual behavior and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal function in the female rat.

Variations in parental care predict the age of puberty, sexual activity in adolescence and the age at first pregnancy in humans. These findings parallel descriptions of maternal effects on phenotypic variation in reproductive function in other species. Despite the prevalence of such reports, little...

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Main Authors: Nicole Cameron, Adina Del Corpo, Josie Diorio, Kelli McAllister, Shakti Sharma, Michael J Meaney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2374899?pdf=render

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