ULTRASONIC POST-EJACULATORY VOCALIZATION AND POST-EJACULATORY REFRACTORY PERIOD OF MALE RAT
ULTRASONIC POST-EJACULATORY VOCALIZATION AND POST-EJACULATORY REFRACTORY PERIOD OF MALE RAT
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DOI:
10.1037/h0076435
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
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GEYER, LA
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作者:
BARFIELD, RJ;GEYER, LA
Notes that after ejaculation, the male rat emits an ultrasonic (22-kHz) vocalization. This sound is produced repeatedly until about 3/4 of the postejaculatory interval has elapsed. In the present experiments, more than 60 male Long-Evans hooded rats were Ss in Exps I and II, and a total of 16 were Ss in Exps III and IV. The occurrence of the vocalization is described, and physiological and behavioral evidence are presented that the postejaculatory vocalization reflects an inhibitory state that underlies the postejaculatory refractory period. The vocalization period was characterized by a predominance of slow-wave, spindling, sleeplike EEG activity. Electrical shock was able to stimulate mating responses only after the cessation of the vocalization period. It is concluded that an absolute refractory period of the postejaculatory interval lasts until the end of the vocalization period and that the time from the termination of the vocalization until the resumption of mating is a relative refractory period.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)