Rapid action on neuroplasticity precedes behavioral activation by testosterone

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 488-495

  Charlier, Thierry D ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain plasticity; Fast steroid action; Japanese quail; Medial preoptic nucleus; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CLOACA; COTURNIX; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NISSL BODIES; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 49849090512     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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