Sexually dimorphic effects of testosterone administration on brain allopregnanolone in gonadectomized rats

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2780-2792

  Pluchino, Nicola ^a   Ninni, Filippo ^a   Casarosa, Elena ^a   Lenzi, Elena ^a   Begliuomini, Silvia ^a   Cela, Vito ^a   Luisi, Stefano ^b   Freschi, Letizia ^a   Merlini, Sara ^a   Giannini, Andrea ^a   Cubeddu, Alessandra ^a   Genazzani, Andrea Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Gonadectomized Rats; Sex Dimorphism; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 57449112085     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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