Behavioral analysis of genetically modified mice indicates essential roles of neurosteroidal estrogen

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Honda, Shin Ichiro ^a,b   Wakatsuki, Toru ^a   Harada, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Aromatase; Brain specific expression; Estrogen; Knockout mouse; Sexual behavior; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867684427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00040     Document Type: Article

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