[Effect of chronic stress in prepubertal period on sexual arousal in the male rats].
Effects of two models of chronic stress were studied in adult male rats with inherited stress-induced arterial hypertension (ISIAH) and in Wistar rats. Intact males of both rat strains demonstrated a similar behavioural and hormonal activation in sexual arousal. Prepubertal chronic stress decreased the female-induced behavioural response and the effect depended on the character of stress and the animal genotype. No long-lasting effects of pre-pubertal stress on the plasma corticosterone level in males under sexual arousal were observed.
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Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Acad. Sci., Siberian Branch, Russia, 630090, Novosibirsk, Pr. Lavrentyeva, 10.
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Maslova
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D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006234:Handling, Psychological; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*