Female Sexual Responses in Male Cats Facilitated by Olfactory Bulbectomy and Medial Preoptic/Anterior Hypothalamic Lesions
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- M. Gail Leedy Ph.D., Professor & Chair of the Dept. of Social Work (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Bilateral lesions of the medial preoptic/anterior hypothalamic area and olfactory
bulbectomies were performed sequentially in sexually active male cats,
with the order of operations balanced. Male sexual behavior was virtually
eliminated by the combined operations in all cats. Increased levels of female
preceptive behavior were seen following either type of lesion alone, and
combined operations resulted in increased levels of receptivity. The results
support the concept that there exists, within the brains of male animals, the
neural basis for the display of female as well as male sexual responses and
that certain brain operations may potentiate the display of female responses.
However, it does not appear that the reduction of male behavior is necessarily
coupled with an increase in female behavior since no correlation was seen
between the degree of enhancement of female behavior and the decrement in
male behavior.
Female Sexual Responses in Male Cats Facilitated by Olfactory Bulbectomy and Medial Preoptic/Anterior Hypothalamic Lesions
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- Publication
- Hart, B.L., & Leedy, M.G. (1983). Female sexual responses in male cats facilitated by olfactory bulbectomy and medial preoptic/anterior hypothalamic lesions. Behavioral Neuroscience, 97(4): 608-614. Published by the American Psychological Association (ISSN: 1939-0084).
- Language: English
- Date: 1983