the last two decades using rats and mice and following the international standard guidelines for long-term studies. As a result, a great deal of information concerning spontaneous tumQrs in various organsltissues, including the female genital organs, has been obtained for these animal species. In rats, the spontaneous occurrence of lesions in the female genital system, excluding the uterus, is ...

the last two decades using rats and mice and following the international standard guidelines for long-term studies. As a result, a great deal of information concerning spontaneous tumQrs in various organsltissues, including the female genital organs, has been obtained for these animal species. In rats, the spontaneous occurrence of lesions in the female genital system, excluding the uterus, is ...

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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 cause the pubertal genital cortex expansion but not its maintenance at adult size. Genital cortex...