Sexual behavior and testosterone in middle-aged male rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 1597-1604

  Gray, Gary D ^a   Smith, Erla R ^a   Dorsa, Daniel M ^a   Davidson, Julian M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; SILASTIC; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; MOUNTING BEHAVIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMAL; EJACULATION; MALE; RATS; SEMEN; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0019783760     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-109-5-1597     Document Type: Article

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