Modulation of testosterone-dependent male sexual behavior and the associated neuroplasticity

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-33

  Charlier, Thierry D ^a   Seredynski, Aurore L ^a   Niessen, Neville Andrew ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrogen receptor; Japanese quail; Medial preoptic nucleus; Steroid receptor coactivator

Indexed keywords

5BETA ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; TESTOSTERONE;

AROMATIZATION; COPULATION; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

17Β-ESTRADIOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; APPETITIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; AR; ASB; CONSUMMATORY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; CSB; DES; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE ERΒ SPECIFIC AGONIST; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DPN; E2; ER; ERΑ; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTORS; JAPANESE QUAIL; MEDIAL PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; POM; PPT; PROPYL-PYRAZOLE-TRIOL; RCSM; RHYTHMIC CLOACAL SPHINCTER MOVEMENT; SPECIFIC AGONIST; SRC; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR;

ANIMALS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84882869719     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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