Prolonged effects of intra-nasally administered testosterone on proceptive behavior in female capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-68

  Topic, Bianca ^a   Tavares, Maria Clotilde ^b   Tomaz, Carlos ^b   Mattern, Claudia ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c M et P Pharma AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

New world monkeys; Primates; Sexual behavior; Sexual hormones

Indexed keywords

NOSEAFIX; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEBUS APELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; LONG TERM CARE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; CEBUS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947322199     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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