Behavioral responses to Depo-Provera, Fadrozole, and estradiol in castrated, testosterone-treated cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis): The involvement of progestin receptors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 531-540

  Zumpe, Doris ^a   Clancy, Andrew N ^a   Bonsall, Robert W ^a   Michael, Richard P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptors; Aromatase inhibition; Estradiol; Fadrozole; Immunocytochemistry; Macaque; Male sexual behavior; Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Progestin receptors; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; EJACULATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030220071     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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