title: Hippocampal rhythmical slow activity during instrumental responses with sexual reinforcement in male rats.
abstract: The hippocampal EEG activity was recorded in male rats during the response-contingent reinforcement of a female. The instrumental response was a bar-pressing on a fixed-ratio-10 reinforcement schedule. The frequency of bar-pressing tends to increase during the succeeding copulatory series. The similar phenomenon was observed in the frequency of the hippocampal slow activity (RSA) accompanying the bar-pressing and the pursuit of the female. This tendency was most conspicuously present during the first copulatory series but became less evident during the following ones.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korczyński
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biały
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D003307:Copulation / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*