Testosterone - Inducer of aggression or pleasure-related hormone?

Testosterone: Biochemistry, Therapeutic Uses and Physiological Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 29-48

  Chichinadze, Konstantin ^a,b   Chichinadze, Nodar ^c   Gachechiladze, Ledi ^c   Lazarashvili, Ann ^c  

^a Life Science Research Center   (Georgia)

^b TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c A Natishvili Institute of Morphology   (Georgia)

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