Effect of prenatal uterine position on male and female rats sexual behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-408

  Hernandez Tristan R ^a   Arevalo, C ^a   Canals, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Male and female rats; Sexual behavior; Uterine position

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 17944403998     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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