Infrequent low dose testosterone treatment maintains male sexual behavior in Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 182-189

  Piekarski, David J ^a   Routman, David M ^a   Schoomer, Elanor E ^a   Driscoll, Joseph R ^a   Park, Jin Ho ^b   Butler, Matthew P ^c   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Male Syrian hamsters; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; COPULATION; CRICETINAE; EJACULATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMINAL VESICLES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58149109063     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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