[Physiologic basis for the "attractiveness" of female rats for males].
Sexual behaviour of intact male rats was studied in tests with ovariectomized female rats and with those injected with sexual hormones. The data obtained support the hypothesis of the existence of central and peripheral mechanisms regulating the sexual behaviour of male rats. The treatment of castrated females with androgen resulted in males sniffing at them mor often, the copulatory behaviour being only observed in tests with females treated with estrogens in combination with progesterone.
D000818:Animals; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010052:Ovariectomy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000494:pharmacology
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol
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