Perinatal Inhibition of Aromatization Enhances the Reward Value of Sex

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 855-860

  Domínguez Salazar, Emilio ^a   Camacho, Francisco J ^a   Paredes, Raúl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ATD; aversive properties of mating; conditioned place preference; pacing behavior

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; ESTRADIOL; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTATRIENES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 50849084848     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.4.855     Document Type: Article

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