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1
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**What is the brain region that is responsible for coordinating male sex behavior?

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Medial Preoptic Area (mPOA)

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Courtship behavior falls into the phase of sexual behavior.

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Appetitive phase

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This dopamine pathway is involved in “crystallizing” sex behavior.

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mesolimbic pathway (reward pathway or VTA - NAc)

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4
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This treatment eliminates sex behavior in some, but not all, males.

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Castration

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Experienced rats will perform this action hundreds of times to access a receptive female.

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lever pressing

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Approaching and then darting away from a male is this type of sex behavior.

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Proceptive behavior

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Females that have a recurring physiological change in reproductive change in reproductive hormones but do not shed uterine lining have this type of cycle.

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Estrus Cycle

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GnRH from the hypothalamus induces the release of these hormones from the pituitary during the estrus cycle.

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luteinizing hormone (LH) and Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)

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The hormone associated with maximal proceptivity, attractivity, and receptivity in female monkeys.

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estrogen

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This neural module is responsible for the integration of posture information during lordosis.

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Lower brain stem

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What type of young are born immature or helpless?

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Altricial young

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This hormone is made by both the corpus lutetium and placenta and is necessary for maternal behavior.

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progesterone

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13
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This hormone stimulates nest building in some species.

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prolactin

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Changes to estrogen receptors in the brain region are associated with maternal behavior.

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Medial Preoptic Area (mPOA)

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This region is involved in processing tactile/touch cues that facilitate maternal behavior.

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Parietal cortex

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Females that have many breeding cycles that are limited to specific times of year have this type of estrus cycle.

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Polyestrus

17
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The effect where the introduction of a new female can eliminate the male post-ejaculatory refractory period.

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The Coolidge Effect

18
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A female that has had more than one pregnancy is known as…

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Multigravida

19
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This stimulus elicits anxiety/avoidance in nulliparous female rats.

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Pup smell

20
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Increase in this hormone is associated with paternal behavior.

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prolactin

21
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Hormones and this are required to produce optimal male reproductive behavior.

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Prior Reproductive Experience

22
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This is the main hormone that is increasing during the follicular phase of the ovarian cycle.

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Estrogen

23
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This term refers to the gradual increase in maternal behavior of virgin rodents after many exposures to pups.

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concaveation

24
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This term refers to one effect of environment on hormones, where group housed female rodents will stop displaying estrus cycles.

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Lee- Boot Effect

25
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This brain region is altered in rat moms by estradiol to decrease the central aversion stimulus of novel pups.

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Medial amygdala

26
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What did Charles Edouard Brown-Sequard do in 1889?

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  • He injected himself with aqueous solution of homogenized dog & guinea pig testes
    -> prompted medical interest in steroid hormones
27
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Male Appetitive Phase

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  • courtship, searching, advertising (show readiness to mate and genetic endowments), fighting for territory
  • sex drive = motivation
28
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Mounting (definition)

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male assumes a copulatory position

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Intromission (definition)

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penis enters vagina

30
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Ejaculation (definition)

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forceful expulsion of semen from male’s body

31
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Post-ejaculatory Interval (PEI) (definition)

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time between ejaculation and onset of next copulatory series (aka refractory period)

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Androgens and Sex Behavior

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  • Androgens affect the likelihood of male sex behaviors occurring by reducing the threshold for the behavior (in a specific context)
  • only one part of what will result in successful
33
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Lidocaine

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