Testosterone reduces fear and causes drastic hypomethylation of arginine vasopressin promoter in medial extended amygdala of male mice

Testosterone reduces anxiety-like behaviors in rodents and increases exploration of anxiogenic parts of the environment. Effects of testosterone on innate defensive behaviors remain understudied. Here, we demonstrate that exogenous testosterone reduces aversion to cat odor in male mice. This is refl...

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Principais autores: Tong, Wen Han, Abdulai-Saiku, Samira, Vyas, Ajai
Outros Autores: School of Biological Sciences
Formato: Journal Article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2019
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Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106547
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48103