Stimulus animal characteristics do not modulate the expression of partner preference by female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-626

  Meerts, Sarah H ^a   Clark, Ann S ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal hormones; Sexual behavior; Sexual contact; Stimulus animal

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; OIL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MATING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION; STIMULUS;

EID: 33845421950     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.031     Document Type: Article

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