The relationship between aggressive and sexual behavior in male mice: Effects of testosterone and parachlorophenylalanine

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 367-377

  Korpela, Sirpa R ^a   Sandnabba, N Kenneth ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Arousal; Mice; Parachlorophenylalanine; Sexual behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032338822     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1998)24:5<367::AID-AB3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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