Prenatal exposure to morphine feminizes male sexual behavior in the adult rat

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-348

  Gagin, R ^a   Cohen, E ^a   Shavit, Y ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lordosis quotient; Male sexual behavior; Opiates; Prenatal morphine; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; LORDOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030770361     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00257-8     Document Type: Article

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