Ferula hermonis impairs sexual behavior in hormone-primed female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 69-74

  Zanoli, Paola ^a   Zavatti, Manuela ^a   Rivasi, Marianna ^a   Baraldi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferula hermonis; Paced mating behavior; Phytoestrogen; Proceptivity; Rat; Sexual receptivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; FERULA HERMONIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FERULA HERMONIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; LORDOSIS; MATING; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 24944484231     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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