Menstrual cycle influences grooming behavior and sexual activity in the Rhesus monkey.
The time spent by the female rhesus monkey in grooming the male fluctuates rhythmically and reaches a minimum at mid-cycle. At this time the male's grooming activity reaches a maximum. The rhythmic changes in male mounting behavior, together with the males' and females' grooming cycles, are abolished by ovariectomy and have a hormonal basis.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006120:Grooming; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D008598:Menstruation; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
MENSTRUATION; SEX BEHAVIOR