title: Arousal of sexual and aggressive contact by exposure to stressors in albino rats.
abstract: Since certain forms of aggressive and sexual activity are associated with elevated adrenal steroid activity, the hypothesis explored here was whether subjection to a stressful environment which is known to elevate adrenal output would arouse both sexual and aggressive behavior. Accordingly, 24 male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to either physical restraint and heat or a nonstress control environment for 13 days. Following this treatment Ss were tested for sexual and aggressive behavior. As predicted, the stressed Ss showed increased levels of ano-genital sniffing of an estrus female, as well as increased intermale aggressiveness.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*