Appetitive and consummatory sexual behaviors of female rats in bilevel chambers. I. A correlational and factor analysis and the effects of ovarian hormones

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 224-240

  Pfaus, James G ^a   Smith, Wendy J ^a   Coopersmith, Carol B ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE; OIL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033066195     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1999.1516     Document Type: Article

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