Facilitation of male sexual behavior in syrian hamsters by the combined action of dihydrotestosterone and testosterone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Piekarski, David J ^a   Place, Ned J ^b   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EJACULATION DISORDER; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ANIMAL; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77958557356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012749     Document Type: Article

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