Progestins and place preference conditioning after paced mating

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-157

  González Flores, Oscar ^a   Camacho, Francisco J ^b   Domínguez Salazar, Emilio ^b   Ramírez Orduna, Juan M ^a   Beyer, Carlos ^a   Paredes, Raúl G ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Paced mating; Progestins

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; ELTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GESTAGEN; MEGESTROL ACETATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

5-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; COPULATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOUSING; MALE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PREGNANES; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD;

EID: 3142602647     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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