Effects of Intrauterine Position on the Metabolic Capacity of the Hypothalamus of Female Gerbils11Results of this study have previously been published in abstract form (Jones, D.; Gonzalez-Lima, F.; Crews, D.; Galef, B. G., Jr.; Clark, M. M. Effects of intrauterine position on hypothalamic activity of female gerbils: A cytochrome oxidase histochemical study. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20(3): 1739; 1994 [26].

The intrauterine position that a rodent fetus occupies relative to members of the same or opposite gender affects both its reproductive physiology and behavior when adult. Cytochrome oxidase histochemistry was used to assess regional differences in the oxidative metabolic capacity of the hypothalamus of female Mongolian gerbils that developed in utero between 2 female fetuses (n = 15) or between 2 male fetuses (n = 14). Cytochrome oxidase …