Prenatal testosterone treatment potentiates the aggression-inhibiting effect of the neurosteroid dehydroepiandrosterone in female mice

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-138

  Perché, Fabrice ^a   Young, Jacques ^b   Robel, Paul ^b   Simon, Neal G ^c   Haug, Marc ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Inst for the Prom of Social Links   (France)

Author keywords

Aggression inhibitory regulation; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Mice; Prenatal testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035590013     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.5     Document Type: Article

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