Estradiol increases female sexual initiation independent of male responsiveness in rhesus monkeys

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-103

  Zehr, Julia L ^a   Maestripieri, Dario ^a   Wallen, Kim ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031859092     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1440     Document Type: Article

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