Thinking about networks in the control of male hamster sexual behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-45

  Wood, Ruth I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MATING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0031208913     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1403     Document Type: Article

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