Quantitative assessment of female sexual motivation in the rat: Hormonal control of motivation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-233

  Cummings, Jennifer A ^a   Becker, Jill B ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Operant response; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ANIMALS; CUES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855249055     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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