Effects of testosterone metabolites on copulation and medial preoptic dopamine release in castrated male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-426

  Putnam, Susan K ^b   Sato, Satoru ^a   Hull, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Dihydrotestosterone; Dopamine; Estrogen; HPLC EC; Male rats; Medial preoptic area; Microdialysis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE BENZOATE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EJACULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0345255954     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.06.006     Document Type: Article

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