Effects of vasopressin on female sexual behavior in male rats.
Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of an Arg-vasopressin (AVP) antagonist did not stimulate female sexual behavior in adult castrated male rats treated with ovarian hormone but stimulated this behavior in male rats which were castrated on the day of birth. It is suggested that neonatal androgen stimulation in the male rat offsets the influence of AVP on female sexual behavior in the adult.
D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008141:Lordosis; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D013997:Time Factors
D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D004958:Estradiol; D010121:Oxytocin; C038782:oxytocin, 1-desamino-(O-Et-Tyr)(2)-