Conditioned sexual arousal in a nonhuman primate

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 696-701

  Snowdon, Charles T ^a   Tannenbaum, Pamela L ^b,c   Schultz Darken, Nancy J ^b   Ziegler, Toni E ^b   Ferris, Craig F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common marmosets; Pair bonding; Pheromones; Sexual arousal; Sexual conditioning

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLITRICHINAE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OVULATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CALLITHRIX; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; ODORS; PENILE ERECTION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79957598948     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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