Effects of Steroidal and Non Steroidal Aromatase Inhibitors on Sexual Behavior and Aromatase-Immunoreactive Cells and Fibers in the Quail Brain

Foidart, Agnès; Harada, N.; Balthazart, Jacques

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Effects of Steroidal and Non Steroidal Aromatase Inhibitors on Sexual Behavior and Aromatase-Immunoreactive Cells and Fibers in the Quail Brain

Foidart, Agnès; Harada, N.; Balthazart, Jacques

1994 • In Brain Research, 657 (1-2), p. 105-23

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[en] Castrated quail were treated with Silastic implants filled with testosterone (T) in association with injections of the aromatase inhibitors, R76713 (racemic vorozole; 1 mg/kg twice a day) or 4-hydroxyandrostenedione (OHA; 5 mg/bird twice a day).

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Neurosciences & behavior
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition

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Foidart, Agnès ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Faculté de médecine) > Service administratif de la Faculté (Médecine)

Harada, N.

Balthazart, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biologie de la différenciation sexuelle du cerveau

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English

Title :

Effects of Steroidal and Non Steroidal Aromatase Inhibitors on Sexual Behavior and Aromatase-Immunoreactive Cells and Fibers in the Quail Brain

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19 September 1994

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Brain Research

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0006-8993

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1872-6240

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Elsevier, Netherlands

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657

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1-2

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105-23

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