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Physiol Behav

Title:		Facilitory effects of male urine on feminine behavior in the male rat: androgen-dependency
Author(s):		Schaeffer C; Aron C;
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Journal Title:		Physiol Behav
Year:		1982
Volume:		29
Issue:		4
Page Number:		677 - 680
DOI:		10.1016/0031-9384(82)90237-2
ISSN/ISBN:		0031-9384 (Print) 0031-9384 (Linking)
Abstract:		Feminine behavior in the male rat can be enhanced by exposing ORCH animals primed with estradiol benzoate and progesterone to the odor of urine collected from intact male adult congeners [20]. The present study provides evidence that this pheromonal effect is androgen dependent. A higher proportion of ORCH feminized rats displayed lordosis behavior following exposure to the odor of urine for either intact male rats or from ORCH rats supplemented with testosterone propionate than did ORCH feminized rats exposed to the odor of urine originating from non injected ORCH males
Keywords:		"Animals Castration Estradiol/*pharmacology Male Pheromones/*urine Progesterone/*pharmacology Rats Sex Attractants/*urine Sexual Behavior, Animal/*drug effects Smell/drug effects Testosterone/blood;"
Notes:		"MedlineSchaeffer, C Aron, C eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1982/10/01 Physiol Behav. 1982 Oct; 29(4):677-80. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(82)90237-2"