Effect of forebrain implants of testosterone or estradiol on scent-marking and sexual behavior in male and female rabbits

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 676-683

  Melo, Angel I ^a   Chirino, Rosario ^a   Jiménez, Angeles ^a   Cuamatzi, Evelia ^a   Beyer, Carlos ^a   González Mariscal, Gabriela ^a  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chinning; Estradiol; Female sexual behavior; Lordosis; Male sexual behavior; Preoptic area; Rabbit; Scent marking; Testosterone; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; CHIN; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; PROSENCEPHALON; RABBITS; SCENT GLANDS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 54149083373     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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