Lack of functional estrogen receptor β gene disrupts pubertal male sexual behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 427-434

  Temple, Jennifer L ^a   Scordalakes, Elka M ^b   Bodo, Cristian ^b   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^c   Rissman, Emilie F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ER ; GnRH; Gonadotropins; Knockout mouse; LHRH; Male sexual behavior; Negative feedback; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0344530475     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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