Alterations in male sexual behaviour, attractiveness and testosterone levels induced by an adult-onset calorie restriction regimen

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-146

  Govic, Antonina ^a   Levay, Elizabeth A ^a   Hazi, Agnes ^a   Penman, Jim ^a   Kent, Stephen ^a   Paolini, Antonio G ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Food restriction; Leptin; Mate choice; Partner preference; Sexual behaviour; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEPTIN; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 41949096064     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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