Lesions of the medial amygdala produce severe impairment of copulatory behavior in sexually inexperienced male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 939-943

  Kondo, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala lesion; Copulatory behavior; Limbic system; Male rat

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COPULATION; EJACULATION; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEX MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0026777186     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(92)90074-C     Document Type: Article

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