Effects of testosterone in the VMN on copulation, partner preference, and vocalizations in male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-335

  Harding, Shannon M ^a   McGinnis, Marilyn Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

50 kHz vocalization; Hypothalamus; Scent marking; Sexual behavior; Sexual motivation; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; SILASTIC; STAINLESS STEEL; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANNULATION; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037306067     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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