Journal article
Isolation-induced facilitation of male sexual behavior in mice
Abstract
Sexual performance of male mice housed individually or in groups of 3 or 12 was compared. Experiment 1 examined naive males presented at weekly intervals with ovariectomized, estrogen-primed, progesterone-treated females. Performance in isolates was consistently superior and reached an asymptote that was twice that of grouped animals. Reversal of housing conditions reversed performance. Experiment 2 varied intervals of isolation among subjects, …
Authors
de Catanzaro D; Gorzalka BB
Journal
Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 211–222
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Publication Date
April 1979
DOI
10.1037/h0077550
ISSN
0021-9940