Estradiol, but not dihydrotestosterone, in the medial amygdala facilitates male hamster sex behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 833-841

  Wood, Ruth I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Limbic system; Medial amygdaloid nucleus; Sex behavior; Steroid receptor; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0030001659     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02204-X     Document Type: Article

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