Effects of naloxone on the acquisition and expression of appetitive and consummatory sexual behavior in male Japanese quail

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 763-773

  Riters, L V ^a   Absil, P ^b   Balthazart, J ^b  

^a Behav Neuroendocrinol Grp   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Copulatory behavior; Coturnix japonica; i.c.v. Injections; Sexual reward

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033013580     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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