Nose pokes | Copulation | ||||
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Test 1 | Test 2 | No. of intromissions | III (sec) | IR (×100) | |
Sham | 43.8 ± 5.1 | 48.3 ± 4.7 | 11.1 ± 0.8 | 32.5 ± 4.3 | 67.6 ± 3.7 |
BSTx-S | 64.7 ± 11.2 | 70.2 ± 7.9 | 12.6 ± 1.4 | 86.2 ± 24.73-150 | 60.3 ± 8.0 |
BSTx-L | 50.8 ± 6.0 | 49.9 ± 7.7 | 11.3 ± 2.9 | 75.8 ± 10.33-160 | 72.8 ± 5.3 |
Rats received RF lesions in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTx) or sham lesions (Sham; n = 10). After histological examination, BSTx males were assigned to those that had small (BSTx-S; n = 6) or large lesions (BSTx-L;n = 9). Values are mean ± SEM. III, Interintromission interval; IR, intromission ratio.
↵F3-150 p< 0.05 and
↵F3-160 p < 0.01, relative to Sham, by least significant difference post hoc test; for overall ANOVAF(2,15) = 4.95, p < 0.02.