Aromatase inhibition during adolescence reduces adult sexual and paternal behavior in the biparental dwarf hamster Phodopus campbelli

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 748-757

  Timonin, Mary E ^a   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibition; Critical period; Estradiol; Paternal behavior; Phodopus campbelli; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

LETROZOLE;

ADOLESCENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EJACULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHODOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUP (RODENT); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CRICETINAE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NITRILES; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHODOPUS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 54149083926     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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