Sexual behavior of flinders line female rats bred for differential cholinergic sensitivities

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Dohanich, Gary P ^a   Daniel, Jill M ^a   Fader, Aric J ^a   Wolff, Samuel C ^a   Gallogly, Peter M ^a   Overstreet, David M ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SCOPOLAMINE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031831865     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1438     Document Type: Article

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