Effects of midbrain lesions on lordosis and ultrasound production

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 791-804

  Floody, Owen R ^a   DeBold, Joseph F ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lordosis; Periaqueductal gray; Proceptivity; Sexual behavior; Ultrasound; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LORDOSIS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 4644232724     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.06.022     Document Type: Article

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