GnRH in the regulation of female rat sexual behavior

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue , 2002, Pages 293-301

  Sakuma, Y ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; LORDOSIS; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0036458084     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)41100-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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