Regulation of male sexual behavior by progesterone receptor, sexual experience, and androgen

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-302

  Phelps, Steven M ^a   Lydon, John P ^b   O'Malley, Bert W ^b   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; Knockout; Male; Mouse; Progesterone receptor; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032423778     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1485     Document Type: Article

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