Olfactory Conditioning of Sexual Behavior in the Male Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-399

  Kippin, Tod E ^a   Talianakis, Stella ^a   Schattmann, Linda ^a   Bartholomew, Stephanie ^a   Pfaus, James G ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

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EID: 0000270442     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.4.389     Document Type: Article

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