Functions of the steroid-responsive neural network in the control of male hamster sexual behavior

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 338-344

  Wood, Ruth I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0030296577     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(96)00155-5     Document Type: Article

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