RESUMEN
Alterations in feeding and sexual behaviour were studied in adult female rats. During estrous phase there was decrease in food intake and increased sexual behaviour, as manifested by increased lordosis quotient. During met-and diestrous phases, increase in food intake and depressed sexual behaviour were observed, indicating inverse relationship between these two behaviours. Multisensory hypothalamic neurons may explain interactions among regulatory systems.
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Animales , Peso Corporal , Diestro/fisiología , Ingestión de Alimentos/fisiología , Estro/fisiología , Femenino , Metestro/fisiología , Ovariectomía , Proestro/fisiología , Ratas , Conducta Sexual Animal/fisiologíaRESUMEN
Estrous cycle and sexual behaviour were studied in septally lesioned female albino Wistar rats. In lesioned rats the vaginal smears showed continuous diestrus and the females failed to exhibit sexual receptivity during the postoperative period. Ovarian and uterine weights in lesioned rats were also significantly decreased. The results suggest that the septal nuclei exert a modulatory influence on female sexual behaviour.
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Animales , Estro/fisiología , Femenino , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas , Reproducción , Núcleos Septales/fisiología , Conducta Sexual Animal/fisiologíaRESUMEN
The interrelationship between Feeding and Hoarding of food pellets was observed to be disrupted following bilateral destruction of lateral septal nuclei in adult male albino rats. The significance of forebrain areas and neuro-endocrinal connection to hypothalamus is discussed.