On again, off again effects of gonadectomy on the acoustic startle reflex in adult male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 473-482

  Turvin, Jack C ^a,b,c   Messer Jr , William S ^a,b,c   Kritzer, Mary F ^a,b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Aromatase; Estrogen; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FACILITATION; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846590077     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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