Deconstructing Early Life Experiences: Distinguishing the Contributions of Prenatal and Postnatal Factors to Adult Male Sexual Behavior in the Rat

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1494-1501

  de Medeiros, Cynthia B ^a   Rees, Stephanie L ^a   Llinas, Maheleth ^a   Fleming, Alison S ^a   Crews, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; intromission; maternal; mounting; postnatal; prenatal; proceptivity; sex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78649992530     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610382122     Document Type: Article

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