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EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE ON THE MALE AND FEMALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE FEMALE RAT

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1973
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Fourteen 75-day-old female rats of the Long-Evans strain were ovariectomized and divided into two groups of seven. Group I received daily injections of 2mg testosterone propionate (TP) and was tested for male sexual behavior. Group II, in addition to daily injections of TP, also received injections of 1mg progesterone on five of the ten test days. This group was tested for female sexual behavior. TP was found to exert a facilitory effect on both male and female sexual behavior. Female sexual behavior was enhanced further when progesterone was administered 4 to 6 hours prior to testing. Progesterone, when injected alone, was found to induce lordosis. It was concluded that TP was first being converted to estrogen and it was the estrogen which was responsible for the increase in female sexual behavior. The fact that progesterone, which enhances estrogen-induced lordosis, also enhances testosterone-induced lordosis supports this position.
Title: THE EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE ON THE MALE AND FEMALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE FEMALE RAT.
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Name(s): BRADSHAW, WILSON G.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Singer, Jay J., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1973
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 62 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Fourteen 75-day-old female rats of the Long-Evans strain were ovariectomized and divided into two groups of seven. Group I received daily injections of 2mg testosterone propionate (TP) and was tested for male sexual behavior. Group II, in addition to daily injections of TP, also received injections of 1mg progesterone on five of the ten test days. This group was tested for female sexual behavior. TP was found to exert a facilitory effect on both male and female sexual behavior. Female sexual behavior was enhanced further when progesterone was administered 4 to 6 hours prior to testing. Progesterone, when injected alone, was found to induce lordosis. It was concluded that TP was first being converted to estrogen and it was the estrogen which was responsible for the increase in female sexual behavior. The fact that progesterone, which enhances estrogen-induced lordosis, also enhances testosterone-induced lordosis supports this position.
Identifier: 13567 (digitool), FADT13567 (IID), fau:10409 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Sexual behavior in animals
Testosterone
Hormones, Sex
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