Anxiolytic-like effect of ejaculation under various sexual behavior conditions in the male rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 651-657

  Rodríguez Manzo, Gabriela ^a,b   López Rubalcava, Carolina ^a,b   Fernández Guasti, Alonso ^a,b  

^a Secc de Terap Experimental   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Defensive burying; Male copulatory behavior; Sexual exhaustion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EJACULATION; FATIGUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0344614638     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00119-5     Document Type: Article

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