The organizational effects of pubertal testosterone on sexual proficiency in adult male Syrian hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 273-277

  De Lorme, Kayla C ^a,b   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic mounting; Puberty; Sexual experience; Sexual proficiency; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

ADAPTATION; ADULTHOOD; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; HAMSTER; MESOCRICETUS; NEWBORN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84981744882     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.08.008     Document Type: Article

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