Potential contribution of prenatal estrogens to the sexual differentiation of mate preferences in mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-89

  Brock, Olivier ^a   Bakker, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

fetoprotein knockout; Estradiol; Mate preference; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ODORS; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMELL;

EID: 78651419153     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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