Male Syrian hamsters demonstrate a conditioned place preference for sexual behavior and female chemosensory stimuli

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 410-414

  Bell, Margaret R ^a   Meerts, Sarah H ^a   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensory; Conditioned place preference; Olfaction; Pheromone; Reproductive behavior; Reward; Sexual; Social

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VAGINA SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VAGINA;

EID: 77955277560     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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