Oxytocin improves male copulatory performance in rats
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The role of oxytocin in male copulatory performance was reexamined in rats. Adult male rats were trained seven times for copulatory behavior, at weekly intervals. Oxytocin, either intraperitoneally injected (200 ng/rat) or intracerebroventricularly infused (1 ng/rat in 4 microliter saline) 60 and 5 min, respectively, before the eighth test, significantly shortened both the ejaculation latency and the postejaculatory interval. The intracerebroventricular infusion of saline alone (4 microliter/rat) had no effect at all.
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Acutely injected OXT facilitates reproductive and sociosexual behaviors in male rodents.
“our results agree with previous works showing that either intraperitoneally or intracerebroventricularly acutely-injected OXT facilitate reproductive and sociosexual behaviors in male rodents (Arletti et al, 1985;Neumann, 2008;Witt, 1995).”
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- Authors
- Arletti, R., Bazzani, C., Castelli, M., & Bertolini, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Venue
- Hormones and Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1985-03
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 14-20
- ISSN
- 0018-506X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2072868968
- Cited by
- 155
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 3.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Hormones and Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Keywords
- oxytocin, male copulatory behavior, ejaculation latency, intracerebroventricular infusion, intraperitoneal injection, male reproduction, rats
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Central Nervous System, Copulation, Ejaculation, Injections, Intraventricular, Male, Synaptic Transmission, Oxytocin, Rats, Inbred Strains, Reaction Time, Rats
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