title: Androgen receptors, sex behavior, and aggression.
abstract: Androgens are intricately involved in reproductive and aggressive behaviors, but the role of the androgen receptor in mediating these behaviors is less defined. Further, activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis can influence each other at the level of the androgen receptor. Knowledge of the mechanisms for androgens' effects on behaviors through the androgen receptor will guide future studies in elucidating male reproductive and aggressive behavior repertoires.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Centre at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA. Rebecca.Cunningham@unthsc.edu
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: Augustus R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lumia
authors.forename: Marilyn Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: McGinnis
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D011944:Receptors, Androgen