In adult, sexually-experienced male rats, the intracerebroventricular injection of NPY caused a dose-related inhibition of copulatory behaviour, all parameters (mount, intromission and ejaculation latencies, mount and intromission frequencies, mean inter-intromission interval, post-ejaculatory interval) being significantly worsened at the dose of 8 micrograms/rat. Since rats were deprived of food during the behavioural test, it is concluded that inhibition of sexual behaviour is a 'true', direct behavioural effect of NPY, not due to a shift towards increased feeding.
NPY-induced inhibition of male copulatory acivity is a direct behavioural effect / Poggioli, Rosanna; Vergoni, Anna Valeria; D., Marrama; Giuliani, Daniela; Bertolini, Alfio. - In: NEUROPEPTIDES. - ISSN 0143-4179. - STAMPA. - 16:(1990), pp. 169-172.
NPY-induced inhibition of male copulatory acivity is a direct behavioural effect
POGGIOLI, Rosanna;VERGONI, Anna Valeria;GIULIANI, Daniela;BERTOLINI, Alfio
1990
Abstract
In adult, sexually-experienced male rats, the intracerebroventricular injection of NPY caused a dose-related inhibition of copulatory behaviour, all parameters (mount, intromission and ejaculation latencies, mount and intromission frequencies, mean inter-intromission interval, post-ejaculatory interval) being significantly worsened at the dose of 8 micrograms/rat. Since rats were deprived of food during the behavioural test, it is concluded that inhibition of sexual behaviour is a 'true', direct behavioural effect of NPY, not due to a shift towards increased feeding.
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