Prenatal naltrexone facilitates male sexual behavior in the rat

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 183-188

  Cohen, Edna ^a   Keshet, Gilmor ^b   Shavit, Yehuda ^a   Weinstock, Marta ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Defeminization; Endogenous opiates; Masculinization; Oral naltrexone; Prenatal development; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CASTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 0030004573     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02160-4     Document Type: Article

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