Dopamine-stimulated sexual behavior is testosterone dependent in mice

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1229-1235

  Szczypka, Mark S ^a   Zhou, Qun Yong ^a,b   Palmiter, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031797938     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.5.1229     Document Type: Article

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