Androgen receptor is essential for sexual differentiation of responses to olfactory cues in mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2182-2190

  Bodo, Cristian ^a   Rissman, Emilie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen insensitivity syndrome; Disorders of sexual differentiation; Sexual behavior; Sexual orientation; Testicular feminization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GONADECTOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MATING; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION; WAKEFULNESS; WILD TYPE;

ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

EID: 34147198816     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05484.x     Document Type: Article

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