Female gonadal hormones, mild restraint, and male preference

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 758-762

  Uphouse, L ^a   Hiegel, C ^a   Sarkar, J ^a   Hurlburt, J ^a   Templeton, C ^a   Guptarak, J ^a   Maswood, N ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Females; Grooming; Hormones; Ovariectomized females; Sexual motivation; Stress

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PROGESTERONE; SESAME SEED OIL; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GROOMING; HORMONAL THERAPY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MOTIVATION; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 48749085955     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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