Testosterone programs adult social behavior before and during, but not after, adolescence

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3690-3698

  Schulz, Kalynn M ^a,b   Zehr, Julia L ^a   Salas Ramirez, Kaliris Y ^a   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651159066     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1708     Document Type: Article

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