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Development of rat female genital cortex and control of female puberty by sexual touch

Rat somatosensory cortex contains a large sexually monomorphic genital representation. Genital cortex undergoes an unusual 2-fold expansion during puberty. Here, we investigate genital cortex development and female rat sexual maturation. Ovariectomies and estradiol injections suggested sex hormones...

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Autores principales: Lenschow, Constanze, Sigl-Glöckner, Johanna, Brecht, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28934203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001283