Estradiol transfer from male big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) to the reproductive and brain tissues of cohabiting females, and its action as a pheromone

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 208, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-133

  deCatanzaro, Denys ^a   Pollock, Tyler ^a   Greville, Lucas J ^a   Faure, Paul A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Eptesicus fuscus; Estradiol; Pheromone; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PHEROMONE; TRITIUM;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BLASTOCYST; CEREBELLUM; COHABITATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; ESTROGEN EXCRETION; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENOMICS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OVULATION; PHYLOGENY; RADIOACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SOLUBILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PHEROMONES; RADIOACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; SKIN; SOLUBILITY; TRITIUM;

EID: 84907484118     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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