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Cholinesterase inhibition and sexual receptivity in the female rats

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Female rats were ovariectomized and administered estrogen and progesterone. Two behaviors, lordosis and rejection of the male, were monitored in tests both before and following progesterone treatment. Changes in brain cholinesterase caused by administration of di-isopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) had no effect on lordosis but raised the level of rejection behavior.

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Notes

  1. This research was supported by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant No. HD-00893 to Richard E. Whalen and by Grant No. l PO 3 MN-16416-01 from the U.S. Public Health Service to Roger W. Russell.

  2. We wish to thank Dr. Richard E. Whalen for his advice and encouragement during the course of this study.

  3. Whalen, R. E., & Hardy, D. F. Hormonal induction of estrus in rats and cats. In preparation.

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  1. Donna Fitzroy Hardy

    Present address: Department of Psychology, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, Calif., 91324, USA

  2. David M. Warburton

    Present address: Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Hardy, D.F., Warburton, D.M. Cholinesterase inhibition and sexual receptivity in the female rats. Psychon. Sci. 17, 311–312 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03393198

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