Sexual behavior, neuroendocrine, and neurochemical aspects in male rats exposed prenatally to stress

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-104

  Gerardin, Daniela C C ^a,b   Pereira, Oduvaldo C M ^b   Kempinas, Wilma G ^b   Florio, Jorge C ^a   Moreira, Estefânia G ^c   Bernardi, Maria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neurochemistry; Prenatal stress; Rat; Sexual behavior; Sexual differentiation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

EID: 11844283263     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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