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Title
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THE EFFECT OF DORSAL HIPPOCAMPAL LESIONS ON THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE MALE RAT.
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Creator
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MILLS, JEANNE THERESA, Florida Atlantic University
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Abstract/Description
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Performance on three preoperative and three postoperative copulation tests was compared for male rats given dorsal hippocampal, dorsal hippocampal plus cortical, other lesion, and sham lesions. Dorsal hippocampal lesions produced statistically significant changes in the temporal pacing of some components of sexual behavior, i.e. the post-ejaculatory interval, intercopulatory interval, and total test time decreased. Hippocampal plus cortical lesions had no effect on sexual behavior. The...
Show morePerformance on three preoperative and three postoperative copulation tests was compared for male rats given dorsal hippocampal, dorsal hippocampal plus cortical, other lesion, and sham lesions. Dorsal hippocampal lesions produced statistically significant changes in the temporal pacing of some components of sexual behavior, i.e. the post-ejaculatory interval, intercopulatory interval, and total test time decreased. Hippocampal plus cortical lesions had no effect on sexual behavior. The results are interpreted as supporting a model of inhibition in which a sexual inhibitory process is built up concomitantly with the sexual arousal process.
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Date Issued
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1975
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13700
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Subject Headings
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Hippocampus (Brain), Sexual behavior in animals
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Format
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Document (PDF)
