Maternal testosterone exposure increases anxiety-like behavior and impacts the limbic system in the offspring

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  2015

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  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2015-11-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1507514112PMID 26578781PMCID PMC4655563
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