Pharmacological and physiological aspects of sexual exhaustion in male rats

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-263

  Fernández Guasti, Alonso ^a   Rodríguez Manzo, Gabriela ^b  

^a Departamento de Farmacobiologia   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain androgen receptors; Motivation; Postejaculatory interval; Sexual exhaustion; Sexual satiety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; MALE; RATS; SATIETY RESPONSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0141990794     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00343     Document Type: Review

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