Male rat sexual behavior

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Ågmo, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Hormone; Neurotransmitter; Psychopharmacology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COITUS; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIBIDO; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROSCIENCES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0345515992     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(96)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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