Function of intromissions on intromission-return latency of female rats during paced sexual behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 889-894

  Yang, Liang Yo ^a,b   Clemens, Lynwood G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Ejaculation; Female pacing behavior; Female sexual behavior; Hormone; Intromission

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030994445     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00614-2     Document Type: Article

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