Male rat behavior, endocrinology and reproductive physiology in a mixed-sex, socially stressful colony

George T. Taylor; Jurgen Weiss; Reta Rupich

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Male rat behavior, endocrinology and reproductive physiology in a mixed-sex, socially stressful colony

George T. Taylor, Jurgen Weiss, Reta Rupich

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Journal	Physiology & Behavior
Volume	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(87)90368-4
State	Published - 1987

Keywords

social stress
aggression
hyperadrenalism
reproductive physiology
spermatozoa
testosterone

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Psychology
Biological Psychology

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