The effects of sexual experience and estrus on male-seeking motivated behavior in the female rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-538

  Nofrey, Barbara ^a   Rocha, Beatriz ^b   Lopez, Hassan H ^c   Ettenberg, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Estrogen; Estrus; Female rats; Progesterone; Runway; Sexual experience; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRUS; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OVARIECTOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DRIVE; ESTRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 52949103301     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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