Alcohol exposure during development: Analysis of effects on female sexual behavior

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2065-2072

  Gass, Justin T ^a   Jenkins, William J ^b   Marino, Melissa D ^c   Lugo Jr , Joaquin N ^a   Kelly, Sandra J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female Rats; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Olfactory Processing; Pacing; Sexual Behavior

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GONADECTOMY; INTUBATION; LORDOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; CUES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 36348994877     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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