Effect of acute administration of corticosterone on male sexual behavior in root voles

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-358

  Wu, Yan ^a   Bian, Jianghui ^b,c  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Corticosterone; Male; Root vole (Microtus oeconomus); Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MALE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33846433525     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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