Journal article
Suppression of the lordosis reflex in female rats by chronic central melatonin implants
Abstract
Pellets with beeswax:melatonin concentrations of 1:0, 5:1, and 2:1 were implanted near the suprachiasmatic nucleus of ovariectomized female rats. In repeated standard measures of the lordosis reflex after estrogen replacement, females with pellets containing either melatonin concentration were consistently less sexually receptive than were females with pure beeswax implants. Suppression of behavioral receptivity by melatonin is consistent with …
Authors
de Catanzaro D; Stein M
Journal
Hormones and Behavior, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 216–223
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 1984
DOI
10.1016/0018-506x(84)90044-8
ISSN
0018-506X