Rat Sexual Behaviours
Caner Karabaşoğlu1, Oytun Erbaş1,2
1ERBAS Institute of Experimental Medicine, Illinois, USA & Gebze, Turkey
2Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty of Demiroğlu Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey
Keywords: Dopamine, ejaculation, lordosis, rats, sexual behaviour, sexual motivation
Abstract
Sexual behavior in rats has been a fascinating topic for many research because rats are as cosmopolitan as humans and their social and sexual activities can reflect human behavior. Female rats display lordosis and paracopulatory behaviors, while male rats engage in sexual behaviors such as mounting, intromissions, and ejaculations. Many models, such as the bilevel chamber, runway test, and others, are used to investigate similar behaviors in rats. Experiments in these models focused into the factors that influence rat sexual behavior. Dopamine, serotonin, prolactin, oxytocin, and androgen are only a few of the chemical and biological structures that influence various aspects of sexual behavior in rats. These findings are proved by many researches. This review focuses on sexual behavior in general.
Cite this article as: Karabaşoğlu C, Erbaş O. Rat Sexual Behaviours. JEB Med Sci 2021;2(2):139-146.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
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