Coexpression of sexual behavior and maternal aggression: The ambivalence of sexually active mother rats toward male intruders

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 446-451

  Agrati, Daniella ^a   Fernández Guasti, Alonso ^b   Ferreño, Marcela ^a   Ferreira, Annabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Cinvestav Coapa   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Maternal aggression; Motivation; Postpartum estrous rat; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMBIVALENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79958754990     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023085     Document Type: Article

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