| Title: | Age-dependent variations in the sexual preference of male rats |
| Author(s): | Vega Matuszczyk J; Shree Appa R; Larsson K; |
| Address: | "Department of Psychology, University of Goteborg, Sweden" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90067-1 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0031-9384 (Print) 0031-9384 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Male rats were tested for their sexual preference behavior at either 37, 70, 90, or 150 days of age on three different occasions; while still sexually naive, after sexual experience with a receptive female, and while sexually aroused by having initiated copulation. These tests resulted in the following findings: a) 37-day-old sexually naive males showed a preference for other males and failed to show a preference for either sex after exposure to females; b) 70- and 90-day-old males showed a statistically significant preference for the female after acquiring sexual experience; c) 150-day-old animals showed a female-oriented preference only after being sexually aroused with two intromissions preceding the preference test, and d) none of the age groups tested showed a female-oriented preference without previous exposure to females. It was then concluded that a) female-oriented behavior requires sexual experience and b) the effects of experience varies with age" |
| Keywords: | "Aging/*physiology Animals Estrus/physiology Female Gonadal Steroid Hormones/physiology Male Rats Rats, Wistar *Sex Sex Attractants/physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology Sexual Maturation/physiology Social Environment;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineVega Matuszczyk, J Shree Appa, R Larsson, K eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1994/05/01 Physiol Behav. 1994 May; 55(5):827-30. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90067-1" |
