Effect of acute and chronic stress on masculine sexual behavior in the rat

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-50

  Retana Marquez, Socorro ^a   Salazar, Emilio Dominguez ^a   Velazquez Moctezuma, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Chronic stress; Foot shocks; Immobilization; Sexual behaviour; Water immersion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

EID: 0029871128     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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