Lack of effect of corticosterone administration on male sexual behavior of rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-370

  Retana Marquez, S ^a   Bonilla Jaime, H ^a   Velazquez Moctezuma, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Sexual behaviour; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032007907     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00437-X     Document Type: Article

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