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Sex differences in social investigation: effects of androgen receptors, hormones and test partner.
Journal of neuroendocrinology - 1 Aug 2012
Tejada L D, Rissman E F
Abstract excerpt
We examined the role of the androgen receptor (AR) in the investigatory behaviour of conspecifics using mice carrying the testicular feminisation mutation (X(Tfm) Y). Responses to members of the same and opposite sex were evaluated in a habituation/dishabituation task. Adult mice were gonadectomised and treated with oestradiol (E(2) ) or testosterone. After E(2) treatment, regardless of the sex of the stimulus...
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