Sexual partner preference, hypothalamic morphology and aromatase in rams

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-245

  Roselli, Charles E ^a   Larkin, Kay ^a   Schrunk, Jessica M ^b   Stormshak, Fredrick ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Preoptic area; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual partner preference

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID HORMONE;

AROMATIZATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; GENETICS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SHEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 5444220722     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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