Effects of an estrogen receptor alpha agonist on agonistic behaviour in intact and gonadectomized male and female mice

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 981-995

  Clipperton Allen, Amy E ^a   Almey, Anne ^b   Melichercik, Ashley ^a   Allen, Craig P ^a   Choleris, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Estrogen receptor alpha (ER ); PPT; Sex differences; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; GROOMING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASTRATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; MICE; PHENOLS; PYRAZOLES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955015008     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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