What do female rats like about sex? Paced mating

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-127

  Paredes, Raúl G ^a   Vazquez, Berenice ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Female rats; Paced mating; Sex

Indexed keywords

COITUS; CONDITIONING; EJACULATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; REWARD; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS;

EID: 0032868383     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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