Subcortical multiple unit activity changes during rat male sexual behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-291

  Hernandez Gonzalez, Marisela ^a,b   Guevara, Miguel Angel ^a   Morali, Gabriela ^b   Cervantes, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accelerometric recording; Male copulation; Mesencephalic locomotor region; Multiple unit activity; Rat; Sexual behavior; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0031053052     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00367-8     Document Type: Article

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