Paced mating behavior in the naturally cycling and the hormone-treated female rat.
Paced mating behavior in the naturally cycling and the hormone-treated female rat.
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自然循环和激素治疗雌性大鼠的节奏交配行为。
DOI:
10.1016/s0031-9384(00)00242-0
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Clark,AS
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文献类型:
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作者:
Zipse,LR;Brandling-Bennett,EM;Clark,AS
During a sexual encounter with a male rat, a female rat will display both receptive (lordosis) and proceptive (hopping, darting, and ear-wiggling) behaviors. Additionally, if mating occurs in an environment where the female rat may approach and withdraw from the male rat, she will control the timing of the receipt of mounts, intromissions, and ejaculations. This temporal patterning by the female rat is known as paced mating behavior. The present experiment compared paced mating behavior in rats during an intact, proestrous phase and an ovariectomized phase, during which they were treated with estradiol benzoate (10 μg per rat) and progesterone (0.5 mg per rat). Though no differences in sexual receptivity were observed across the two phases, patterns of paced mating behavior were found to differ. Specifically, female rats exhibited significantly longer contact–return latencies when hormone treated than when intact.