17β-estradiol rapidly facilitates chemoinvestigation and mounting in castrated male rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 5 45-5, 1999, Pages

  Cross, Ericha ^a   Roselli, Charles E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulatory behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; COPULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; COPULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033127741     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.5.r1346     Document Type: Article

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