Computer programs to analyze brain electrical activity during copulatory pelvic thrusting in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 701-708

  Hernandez Gonzalez, Marisela ^a,b   Guevara, Miguel Angel ^a   Moralí De La Brena, Gabriela ^b   Cervantes, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Automated analysis; Brain electrical activity; Microcomputer programs; Rat; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030766693     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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