Changes in masculine sexual behavior, corticosterone and testosterone in response to acute and chronic stress in male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-337

  Retana Marquez S ^a   Bonilla Jaime, H ^a   Vazquez Palacios G ^a   Martinez Garcia R ^b   Velazquez Moctezuma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b Waters SA CV Subsidiary Mex W   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic stress; Corticosterone; Sexual behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EVALUATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMERSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 18544404792     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.04.001     Document Type: Article

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