The development of female sexual behavior requires prepubertal estradiol

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5574-5578

  Brock, Olivier ^a,c   Baum, Michael J ^b   Bakker, Julie ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LORDOSIS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CUES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79955785219     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0209-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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