Adult plasticity in hormone-sensitive motoneuron morphology: Methodological/behavioral confounds

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 210-221

  Raouf, S ^a   Van Roo, B ^a   Sengelaub, D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulatory behavior; Hormone implants; Motoneuron morphology

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COPULATION; DENDRITIC CELL; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HOUSING; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033636015     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2000.1620     Document Type: Article

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