EFFECTS OF GONADAL HORMONES ON URINARY BEHAVIOR IN DOGS
EFFECTS OF GONADAL HORMONES ON URINARY BEHAVIOR IN DOGS
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DOI:
10.1016/0031-9384(74)90148-6
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
BEACH, FA
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作者:
BEACH, FA
The effects of testicular and ovarian hormones on urinary frequency and posture were studied in 8 groups of dogs. Three of the 4 female groups had been exposed to androgenic stimulation in utero, neonatally, or both in utero and in infancy. The fourth group of females consisted of ovariectomized controls. Males were intact or castrated as adults, as juveniles, or as neonates. Frequency of urination was increased in all groups by estrogen and by testosterone. Urinary posture was unaffected in males by castration in the adult or juvenile stages. Neonatal castration of males resulted in periodic regression from the adult male posture to the immature male posture. Control and prenatally androgenized females urinated in the feminine position. Females treated with large amounts of testosterone in infancy showed a limited degree of masculinization of urinary posture. Females exposed to testosterone before and immediately after birth urinated as females about 50% of the time and as adult males for approximately half of their urinations. Exogenous estrogen or androgen administered in adulthood had no effect on posture assumed for urination.