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Brain Research Bulletin

Volume 6, Issue 2, February 1981, Pages 109-112
Brain Research Bulletin

Effects of medial preoptic lesions on male mouse ultrasonic vocalizations and copulatory behavior1

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In male mice, lesions in the medial preoptic area (MPA) reduced the proportion of animals showing mounting behavior but failed to abolish ano-genital exploration of the female. The lesions did not affect the amount of 70 kHz ultrasound elicited by intact females or by soiled bedding obtained from female-occupied cages. These results suggest that early components of male sexual behavior are mediated by neural systems outside the MPA.

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Supported in part by Postdoctoral Fellowship NS 05854-01 from NINCDS to A. A. N. A preliminary report of this research was presented at the Eastern Conference on Reproductive Behavior annual meeting in New Orleans, June 7, 1979. We are grateful to Janet Gray for helpful comments on the manuscript.

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