Appetitive sexual behavior in male rats: 1. The role of olfaction in level-changing behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 999-1005

  Van Furth, Wouter R ^a   Van Ree, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipatory behavior; Appetitive behavior; Endogenous opioids; Olfaction; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; STIMULUS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030249123     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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