Effects of prenatal stress on sexual partner preference in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-138

  Meek, Leslie R ^a   Schulz, Kalynn M ^b   Keith, Courtney A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Mice; Prenatal stress; Sexual orientation; Sexual partner preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HEAT; LIGHT; LORDOSIS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STIMULUS; STRESS;

EID: 33747375835     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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