Effects of a muscarinic antagonist on various components of female sexual behavior in the rat.
Behav Neurosci
; 107(5): 819-26, 1993 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The effects of the muscarinic antagonist scopolamine on lordosis, solicitation, pacing, approach, attractivity, and activity were evaluated in ovariectomized rats brought into sexual receptivity with estrogen and progesterone. Systemic (1 mg/rat) or intraventricular (10 micrograms bilaterally) administration of scopolamine significantly reduced the incidence of lordosis and solicitation behaviors and disrupted typical pacing of sexual contacts with a stimulus male. In addition, females avoided contact with a stimulus male, but not a stimulus female, following intraventricular infusion of scopolamine. The levels of general activity and frequencies of sexual contacts were similar in females treated intraventricularly with scopolamine and vehicle solutions. Consequently, scopolamine disrupted various components of sexual behavior, including lordosis, solicitation, pacing, and approach, without altering female attractivity or general activity.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Escopolamina
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Conducta Sexual Animal
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Antagonistas Muscarínicos
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Behav Neurosci
Año:
1993
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Article