Androgen metabolism and the activation of male sexual behavior: It's more complicated than you think!

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Ball, Gregory F ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; GENDER; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; VOCALIZATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STEROIDS;

EID: 29244469631     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.07.008     Document Type: Note

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