Rapid effects of estradiol on male aggression depend on photoperiod in reproductively non-responsive mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 192-199

  Trainor, Brian C ^a,b   Sima Finy, M ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; c fos; California mouse; Estrogen receptor alpha; Estrogen receptor beta; Nongenomic effects; Peromyscus californicus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; LIGHT; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 37349098319     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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