Testosterone, androstenedione, and 5α-dihydrotestosterone on male sexual behavior and penile spines in the hamster

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-421

  Arteaga Silva, M ^a   Vigueras Villasenor R M ^b   Retana Marquez S ^a   Hernandez Gonzalez M ^c   Chihuahua Serrano, C ^a   Bonilla Jaime, H ^a   Contreras, J L ^a   Morali G ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Androgens; Androstenedione; Golden hamsters; Long intromissions; Male sexual behavior; Penile spines

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; TESTOSTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESPONSE; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INTERACTION; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CRICETINAE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PENIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43549127098     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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