Divergent roles for estrogens and androgens in the expression of female goat sexual behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-58

  Imwalle, D Bradley ^a   Katz, Larry S ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flutamide; Libido; Proceptivity; Receptivity; Tail wagging

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FLUTAMIDE; PROGESTERONE; SESAME SEED OIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; EJACULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNIFFING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; GOATS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 3042598667     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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