Vaginocervical stimulation inhibits female-female mounting in laboratory rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-79

  Fang, Jiming ^a   Clemens, Lynwood G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Female female mounting; Rats; Vaginocervical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA;

EID: 0032797001     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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