title: Mating, ovulation and corpus luteum function in the vole, Microtus agrestis.
abstract: A study of the relationship between the mating vehaviour of the vole and the induction of ovulation and CL function is described. A single intromission or an injection of LH-RF constitute stimuli which induce ovulation, but normally give rise to CL that degenerate soon after formation. More prolonged mating, or mechanical stimulation of the vagina and cervix given after a separate ovulatory stimulus, result in the maintenance of the CL. Mechanical genital stimulation is effective in inducing CL MAINTENANCE WHEN GIVEN UP TO 48 HR AFTER AN LH-RF injection. Similarities, therefore, are apparent between the vole, an induced oculator, and spontaneous ovulator, and spontaneous ovulators such as the rat, mouse and hamster.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D001947:Breeding; D003307:Copulation; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010060:Ovulation / Q000187:drug effects; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D012377:Rodentia / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D014621:Vagina / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone