The role of gonadal steroid receptor activation in the restoration of sociosexual behavior in adult male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-179

  Vagell, Michael E ^a   McGinnis, Marilyn Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYDROXYFLUTAMIDE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031868259     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1445     Document Type: Article

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