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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Main Authors: Tong, Wen Han, Abdulai-Saiku, Samira, Vyas, Ajai
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106547
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48103
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English