Modifications of testosterone-dependent behaviors by estrogen receptor- α gene disruption in male mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5058-5069

  Ogawa, Sonoko ^a   Washburn, Todd F ^b   Taylor, Julia ^c   Lubahn, Dennis B ^c   Korach, Kenneth S ^b   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0031785604     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.12.6358     Document Type: Article

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