EFFECT OF THE ANTI-ESTROGEN CI-628 ON ANDROGEN-INDUCED AGGRESSIVE-BEHAVIOR IN CASTRATED MALE-MICE
EFFECT OF THE ANTI-ESTROGEN CI-628 ON ANDROGEN-INDUCED AGGRESSIVE-BEHAVIOR IN CASTRATED MALE-MICE
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DOI:
10.1016/0018-506x(79)90002-3
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
NOWELL, NW
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作者:
CLARK, CR;NOWELL, NW
Whether or not the antiestrogen CI-628 would block testosterone-maintained fighting in castrated male mice was studied. TO strain adult male mice were castrated and injected s.c. every day for 14 days with either 75 .mu.g testosterone or 75 .mu.g testosterone and 1 mg CI-628, and, in addition, 1 mg of CI-628 6 h prior to each injection of antiestrogen and androgen. Vehicle-injected, castrated and CI-628-injected animals were employed as controls. Testosterone-maintained intermale aggressive behavior was blocked by the antiestrogen CI-628. The hypothesis that testosterone exerts its effects on the central nervous elements involved in the control of aggressive behavior by its aromatization to estrogenic metabolites was supported.