Postnatal testicular secretions partially restore the disturbances in reproductive activity caused by prenatal hormonal manipulation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Matuszczyk, Josepha Vega ^a   Appa, R S ^a   Larsson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antiestrogen; Feminine sexual behavior; Male rats; Masculine sexual behavior; Postnatal hormones; Prenatal development; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; NITROMIFENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0030788631     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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