Puberty and the maturation of the male brain and sexual behavior: Recasting a behavioral potential

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 381-391

  Romeo, Russell D ^a   Richardson, Heather N ^a   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Chemosensory; Hypothalamus; Neural development; Pheromones; Puberty; Sexual behavior; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

BRAIN MATURATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036106056     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00009-X     Document Type: Review

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