Testosterone stimulation of the medial preoptic area and medial amygdala in the control of male hamster sexual behavior: Redundancy without amplification

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-153

  Coolen, L M ^a,b   Wood, R I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptors; Copulation; Immunocytochemistry; Intracranial implants; Mesocricetus; Steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAMSTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0345084443     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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