Clitoral stimulation modulates appetitive sexual behavior and facilitates reproduction in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-153

  Cibrian Llanderal, Tamara ^a   Tecamachaltzi Silvaran, Miriam ^a   Triana Del Rio, Rodrigo ^a   Pfaus, James G ^b   Manzo, Jorge ^a   Coria Avila, Genaro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Clitoris; Pacing; Proceptivity; Reproduction; Reward; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; REWARD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CLITORIS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950958195     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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