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    Proteomic analyses of limbic regions in neonatal male, female and androgen receptor knockout mice

    It is well-established that organizational effects of sex steroids during early development are fundamental for sex-typical displays of, for example, mating and aggressive behaviors in rodents and other specie...

    Anna Zettergren, Sara Karlsson, Erik Studer, Anna Sarvimäki in BMC Neuroscience (2017)

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    Effects of sex and gonadectomy on social investigation and social recognition in mice

    An individual’s ability to recognise and pay attention to others is crucial in order to behave appropriately in various social situations. Studies in humans have shown a sex bias in sociability as well as soci...

    Sara A. Karlsson, Kaltrina Haziri, Evelyn Hansson, Petronella Kettunen in BMC Neuroscience (2015)

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    Serotonin depletion counteracts sex differences in anxiety-related behaviour in rat

    Numerous studies suggest (1) that a major physiological role of brain serotonin-containing neurons is to modulate sex steroid-driven behaviour such as sex and aggression, (2) that sex steroids influence brain ...

    Jakob Näslund, Erik Studer, Karin Nilsson, Lars Westberg in Psychopharmacology (2013)

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    Colocalization of connexin 36 and corticotropin-releasing hormone in the mouse brain

    Gap junction proteins, connexins, are expressed in most endocrine and exocrine glands in the body and are at least in some glands crucial for the hormonal secretion. To what extent connexins are expressed in n...

    Lars Westberg, Evelyn Sawa, Alice Y Wang, Lisa A Gunaydin in BMC Neuroscience (2009)