Sex differences in male-typical copulatory behaviors in response to androgen and estrogen treatment in rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 290-298

  Roselli, Charles E ^a   Chambers, Kathleen ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal steroids; Sex behavior; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; BRAIN RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LIDOCAINE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COPULATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID METABOLISM;

EID: 0032951851     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054430     Document Type: Article

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