Sexual differentiation in prairie voles: The effects of corticosterone and testosterone

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1379-1383

  Roberts, R Lucille ^a   Zullo, Amy S ^a   Carter, C Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Prairie voles; Sexual behavior; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VOLE;

EID: 0030704332     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00365-X     Document Type: Article

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