The Posterodorsal Medial Amygdala Regulates the Timing of Puberty Onset in Female Rats.

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Published in Endocrinology on August 07, 2015

Authors

X F Li1, M H Hu1, B P Hanley1, Y S Lin1, L Poston1, S L Lightman1, K T O'Byrne1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Women's Health (X.F.L., M.H.L., B.P.H., Y.S.L., L.P., K.T.O.), Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom; and Henry Wellcome Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology (S.L.L.), University of Bristol, Bristol BS1 3NY, United Kingdom.

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