Mice with the testicular feminization mutation demonstrate a role for androgen receptors in the regulation of anxiety-related behaviors and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 758-766

  Zuloaga, Damian G ^a   Morris, John A ^a   Jordan, Cynthia L ^a   Breedlove, S Marc ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormone; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OPEN FIELD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMINIZATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 54149093311     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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