Hormonal control of sexual receptivity during the estrous cycle of the rat☆
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Research supported by Grant HD-02982 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and by Biomedical Sciences Support Grant FR 7006 NIH to I. Zucker. I especially acknowledge the helpful suggestions and assistance received from George Wade and Irving Zucker throughout the course of this work.