Male risk taking, female odors, and the role of estrogen receptors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 751-761

  Kavaliers, Martin ^a   Clipperton Allen, Amy ^b   Cragg, Cheryl L ^b   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^c   Korach, Kenneth S ^d   Muglia, Louis ^e   Choleris, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Boldness; Decision making; Fear; Oxytocin; Predator odor; Sexual behavior; Social behavior; Social recognition

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NOCICEPTION; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84870679128     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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