title: Transient facilitation and inhibition of sexual reflexes in female hamsters.
abstract: Artificial stimuli were used to study transient changes in responsiveness of female hamsters in natural estrus to tactile stimuli occurring during mating. Tactile stimulation just lateral to the vagina produces a transient facilitation of responses to stimulation of the contralateral side, while tactile stimulation of the midline produces a short-term inhibition of lateral movement in response to tactile stimulation. These short-term changes in responsiveness are probably an integral part of the basic sexual responses of the female hamster that contribute to insertion during copulatory attempts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Attas
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D014621:Vagina / Q000502:physiology*