Sexual behavior and fertility of male rats submitted to prolonged immobilization-induced stress

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1105-1109

  Almeida, S A ^a   Kempinas, W G ^b   Lamano Carvalho, T L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirao Preto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immobilization Stress; Male fertility; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMOBILIZATION; LATENCY PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS;

EID: 0034264483     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2000000900019     Document Type: Article

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