Effects of 8-OH-DPAT on sexual behavior of male rats castrated at different ages

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-258

  Rasia Filho, A A ^a   Lucion, A B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030250344     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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