Difference in testosterone sensitivity in male spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 907-912

  Magnusson, Kristina ^a   Wall, Anders ^a   Meyerson, Bengt J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Copulatory behavior; Lateral septum; Spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR); Testosterone; Wistar Kyoto rat (WKY)

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030249122     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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