Benzpyrene treatment decreases the sexual activity of adult rats, what is reversed in neonatally allylestrenol treated animals

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-137

  Karabelyos Cs ^a   Csaba, G ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Allylestrenol; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Hormonal imprinting; Sexual behavior; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ALLYLESTRENOL; BENZO[A]PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ALLYLESTRENOL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZOPYRENES; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 2842595759     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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