Characteristic frequency bands of the cortico-frontal EEG during the sexual interaction of the male rat as a result of factorial analysis

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Hernández González, Marisela ^a,b   Guevara, Miguel Angel ^a   Cervantes, Miguel ^c   Morali, Gabriela ^d   Corsi Cabrera, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Ctro de Investigacion B   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

EEG; Prefrontal cortex; Principal component analysis; Rat; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032004321     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(98)80022-3     Document Type: Article

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