Erection evoked in male rats by airborne scent from estrous females

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 921-924

  Sachs, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Mating; Olfaction; Penile erection; Pheromone; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SMELLING;

EID: 0030863279     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00307-7     Document Type: Article

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