How useful is the appetitive and consummatory distinction for our understanding of the neuroendocrine control of sexual behavior?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-311

  Ball, Gregory F ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethology; Japanese quail; Motivation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; BEHAVIOR; ENERGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTIVATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR; INSTINCT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 38749134822     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.023     Document Type: Letter

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