Effects of chronic estradiol or testosterone treatment upon sexual behavior in sexually sluggish male rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 336-341

  Antonio Cabrera, Edwards ^a   Paredes, Raúl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Sexually sluggish; Silastic capsules; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SILASTIC; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; EJACULATION; EJACULATION DISORDER; EPIDIDYMIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; IMPLANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SCREENING TEST; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SLUGGISH; TESTIS WEIGHT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84856990020     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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