"Coffee, Tea and Me": Moderate doses of caffeine affect sexual behavior in female rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 522-530

  Guarraci, Fay A ^a   Benson, Anastasia ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Paced mating behavior; Partner preference; Psychomotor stimulants

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COFFEE; DOSE RESPONSE; EJACULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TEA;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29244467393     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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