Facilitation of lordosis behavior by clonidine in female guinea pigs

William R. Crowley; Bruce L. Nock; Harvey H. Feder

doi:10.1016/0091-3057(78)90339-8

Facilitation of lordosis behavior by clonidine in female guinea pigs

William R. Crowley, Bruce L. Nock, Harvey H. Feder

Department of Psychiatry

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Abstract

Lordosis behavior was induced in previously unreceptive, ovariectomized estrogen-primed female guinea pigs by administration of the noradrenergic agonist clonidine. Clonidine also enhanced lordosis responding in females that were weakly receptive after estrogen priming. Unlike progesterone, the lordosis-facilitating effect of clonidine was not accompanied by a subsequent refractory period. Clonidine had a weak lordosis facilitatory effect when administered during the decline in receptivity to estrogen plus progesterone-primed animals and failed to induce lordosis when administered during the refractory period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-209
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-3057(78)90339-8
State	Published - Feb 1978

Keywords

Clonidine
Estrogen
Lordosis
Progesterone

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