Effects of voluntary exercise on sexual behavior in female rats.
In two experiments, ovariectomized rats given access to activity wheels showed significantly higher lordosis ratings following estradiol treatment than animals maintained in individual hanging cages. Estrogen-induced decreases in body weight also were greater in wheel-housed animals. We suggest that access to running wheels may alter responsiveness to estradiol.
D000818:Animals; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011187:Posture; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects
D004958:Estradiol