Effect of unsatisfied sexual excitation on reproductive system in male albino rats

ABSTRACT

Sixty adult albino rats [20 males and 40 females] were used to study the effect of sexual excitation on the male genital system. Rats were divided into two equal groups i.e. control and experimental. Rats were exposed to continuous sexual excitation for one month. Hormonal studies showed imbalance in the pituitary gonadotrophic and corticotrophic hormones as well as testosterone and cortisol. Histological studies showed severe affection of the secretory sex organs [testes, seminal vesicles and prostate] with no significant affection of the penis and vas deference