Sensory mediation of female-male mounting in the rat: II. Role of tactile and conspecific cues

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 863-869

  Afonso, Veronica M ^a   Bablekis, Vasiliki ^a   Pfaus, James G ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flank perineum stimulation; Vaginocervical stimulation; Visual and tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ESTROGEN; KETAMINE; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIBIDO; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 33646148727     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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