Effects of gonadal sex steroids on sexual behavior in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, upon arousal from hibernation

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-161

  Mendonca M T ^a   Chernetsky, S D ^a   Nester, K E ^a   Gardner, G L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030175859     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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