Lesions of the medial preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus (MPOA/AH) modify partner preference in male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Paredes, Raúl G ^a,b   Tzschentke, Tanya ^b   Nakach, Nancy ^b  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANÁHUAC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Estradiol benzoate; Medial preoptic area anterior hypothalamus; Partner preference; Testosterone propionate

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032583261     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00914-7     Document Type: Article

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