Sexual Inhibition Is Reduced by Rostral Midbrain Lesions in the Male Rat
- 10 October 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 190 (4210) , 169-171
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1166311
Abstract
Electrolytic lesions in a circumscribed area of the rostral midbrain of rats shortened the inhibitory period following ejaculation, thereby increasing the number of ejaculations achieved in 1-hour tests. These lesions also interrupted the dorsal norepinephrine bundle as reflected in a 63 percent reduction in telencephalic or cortical norepinephrine.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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