Estrogen-activated sexual behavior in male rats |
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Authors: | Per Södersten |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, USA;2. Department of Psychology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Daily injections of 100 μg estradiol benzoate activated the whole pattern of sexual behavior in castrated sexually experienced male rats. If compared to rats treated daily with 100 μg testosterone propionate, the estrogen-treated males tended to have longer latencies and more mounts and intromissions prior to ejaculation. Fifty micrograms of estradiol benzoate stimulated the display of mounts and intromissions in prepuberally castrated male rats. No peripheral effects of the estrogen treatment were noted. These results suggest that estrogen has central “androgen-like” effects, but no such effects in the periphery. Estrogen treatment (5, 50, and 200 μg/kg for 3 weeks) of intact sexually experienced male rats resulted in testicular atrophy and loss of body weight, but had no significant effects on the sexual behavior. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints: Per Södersten Department of Psychology Banehagsgatan 1 uppg. 6 S-414 51 Göteborg Sweden. |
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