Context alters the ability of clitoral stimulation to induce a sexually-conditioned partner preference in the rat

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 520-527

  Parada, Mayte ^a   Abdul Ahad, Farah ^a   Censi, Sabrina ^a   Sparks, Lindsay ^a   Pfaus, James G ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female rat; Genitosensory stimulation; Sexual reward

Indexed keywords

ALMOND EXTRACT; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLITORAL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLITORIS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79954895371     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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