Adult testosterone treatment but not surgical disruption of vomeronasal function augments male-typical sexual behavior in female mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7658-7666

  Martel, Kristine L ^a   Baum, Michael J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; TRPC CATION CHANNELS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 67449110749     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1311-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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