Are rapid changes in gonadal testosterone release involved in the fast modulation of brain estrogen effects?

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-305

  Cornil, Charlotte A ^a,b   Stevenson, Tyler J ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bird; Male sexual behavior; Radioimmunoassay; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COPULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 67649577473     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.04.029     Document Type: Article

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