Inhibition of male sex behavior by androgen receptor blockade in preoptic area or hypothalamus, but not amygdala or septum

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 783-789

  McGinnis, Marilyn Y ^a   Williams, G Warner ^a   Lumia, Augustus R ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor blocker; Androgens; Brain; Copulation; Hydroxyflutamide; Male rats; Male sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; HYDROXYFLUTAMIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMPLANTATION; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030249840     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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