Exposure to developing females induces polyuria, polydipsia, and altered urinary levels of creatinine, 17β-estradiol, and testosterone in adult male mice (Mus musculus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 240-247

  deCatanzaro, Denys ^a   Khan, Ayesha ^a   Berger, Robert G ^a   Lewis, Elaine ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Estradiol; Mice; Polydipsia; Polyuria; Testosterone; Vandenbergh effect

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXOGENOUS VARIABLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHAM FEEDING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CREATININE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESTRADIOL; MALE; MICE; POLYURIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; THIRST; URINATION; WATER;

EID: 58149116534     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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