Early olfactory experience, novelty, and choice of sexual partner by male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1361-1367

  Moore, Celia L ^a   Jordan, Lesley ^a   Wong, Lisa ^a  

^a Univ M   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Infancy; Male choice; Maternal behavior; Norway rats; Novelty; Olfaction; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0342902620     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00249-1     Document Type: Article

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