Separation of septal influences on lordosis, ultrasound production, and body weight

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 481-488

  Imondi, Ralph L ^a,b   Floody, Owen R ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior roof deafferentation; Body weight; Golden hamster; Lateral septum; Lordosis; Preoptic area; Proceptivity; Receptivity; Septal area; Sexual behavior; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; HAMSTER; LORDOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032520160     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00483-6     Document Type: Article

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