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Horm Behav

Title:		Effects of neonatal testosterone treatment on pacing behaviors and development of a conditioned place preference
Author(s):		Gans S; Erskine MS;
Address:		"Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA"
Journal Title:		Horm Behav
Year:		2003
Volume:		44
Issue:		4
Page Number:		354 - 364
DOI:		10.1016/s0018-506x(03)00157-0
ISSN/ISBN:		0018-506X (Print) 0018-506X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Two experiments assessed the effects of neonatal testosterone treatment on paced mating behavior and conditioned place preference in female rats. In both experiments, females received s.c. injections of 5.0 microg testosterone propionate or oil vehicle at three days postpartum. As adults, females were ovariectomized and given s.c. injections of 10 microg estradiol benzoate and 500 microg progesterone, 48 and 4 h before mating, respectively. In Experiment 1, TP- and Oil-treated females exhibited similar high levels of lordosis responsiveness, but TP-treated females showed increased intervals between mounts and between intromissions in paced and non-paced mating conditions compared to control females. The effect was particularly pronounced during paced mating, when contact return latencies were increased approximately 2-fold by TP treatment. TP-treated females showed exaggerated pacing behavior, showing significantly greater return latencies after intromissions than Oil-treated females. In Experiment 2, TP- and Oil-treated groups were tested in a conditioned place preference paradigm to determine if the behavioral changes observed in Experiment 1 were in part a result of changes in the perceived reward produced by paced mating. TP treated and control females developed equivalent preferences for places associated with paced but not non-paced mating, indicating that neonatal TP treatment at this dosage does not disrupt or enhance the conditioned place preference induced by paced mating. The results of the two experiments demonstrate that neonatal TP treatment alters the display of pacing behavior but not the reward state induced by paced mating, and suggest that TP affects neural substrates involved in performance of paced mating without effects on those controlling lordosis or place preference conditioning"
Keywords:		"Animals Animals, Newborn/physiology Conditioning, Psychological/*physiology Copulation/*physiology Female Male Ovariectomy Pregnancy Rats *Reinforcement, Psychology Sex Characteristics Sex Differentiation/physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology Tes;"
Notes:		"MedlineGans, Susan Erskine, Mary S eng MH01435/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ MH64187/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 2003/11/14 Horm Behav. 2003 Nov; 44(4):354-64. doi: 10.1016/s0018-506x(03)00157-0"