Copulatory pattern of male rats in a multiple partner choice arena

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3845-3856

  Ferreira nuño, Armando ^a   Fernández Soto, Claudia ^a   Olayo Lortia, Jesús ^a   Ramirez Carreto, Raúl ^a   Paredes, Raúl G ^b   Velázquez Moctezuma, Javier ^a   Morales Otal, Adriana ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Male Sexual Behavior; Partner Preference; Premature Ejaculation; Rat Sexual Behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MALE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 78649847893     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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