Reproductive behavioral responsiveness to noradrenergic stimulation in developing guinea pigs

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 551-556

  Olster, Deborah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Lordosis; Noradrenergic; Puberty; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; HORMONE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUVENILE; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032030916     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00440-1     Document Type: Article

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