Deficits in reproductive behaviour in septally lesioned female rats.
Estrous cycle and sexual behaviour were studied in septally lesioned female albino Wistar rats. In lesioned rats the vaginal smears showed continuous diestrus and the females failed to exhibit sexual receptivity during the postoperative period. Ovarian and uterine weights in lesioned rats were also significantly decreased. The results suggest that the septal nuclei exert a modulatory influence on female sexual behaviour.
Gogate
M G
MG
Department of Physiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, India.
Brid
S V
SV
Wingkar
K C
KC
D000818:Animals; D004971:Estrus / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012098:Reproduction; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*