Influence of male-related stimuli on female postejaculatory refractory period in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 675-682

  Yang, Liang Yo ^a,b   Clemens, Lynwood G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Ejaculation; Ejaculation duration; Female pacing behavior; Intromission; Postejaculatory refractory period; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE SECRETION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032519568     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00523-4     Document Type: Article

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