Deafferentation of the olfactory bulbs of male rats reduces erection to remote cues from females

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-149

  Edwards, David A ^a   Davis, Anne B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Olfactory bulbs; Penile erection; Rats; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SEPTUM; OLFACTORY BULB; PENIS ERECTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030795538     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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