[New data on serotonin control of sexual receptivity in the rat]

C R Acad Hebd Seances Acad Sci D. 1978 May 2;286(17):1253-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Serotonin was shown to be involved in the mechanisms whereby olfactory bulbs controlled sexual receptivity between 18 and 19 hrs. on prooestrus in 4-day cyclic female rats.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Fenclonine / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Olfactory Bulb / drug effects
  • Olfactory Bulb / physiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Proestrus / drug effects
  • Rats
  • Serotonin / physiology*
  • Sexual Behavior, Animal* / drug effects

Substances

  • Serotonin
  • Fenclonine