Relationships between sexual and aggressive behavior in male and female rats: effects of gonadal hormones

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter describes the study of masculine and feminine sexual behavior aggression as separate behavioral entities relevance differences between males females thus observed. Sex in a function hormone treatment can only be interpreted if relative importance experiential factors and/or stimulus conditions modifying sex has been established. The facilitation or inhibition one type when animal is placed test environment appropriate for display both behaviors revealing choice other situation. When aggressive are concerned, all being facilitated by testosterone its metabolites, it major interest to know, indeed stimulated under possible situations rather than situation while inhibited other. Studies on human with respect responses greatly establishment organizing effects gonadal hormones rodents. With aggression, putative sexually dimorphic aspect behavior, recent evidence suggests that prenatal exposure exogenous might affect measures aggression. Changes orientation, which could unequivocally related endocrine during development adulthood, have not established so far, relationship studies involving hand, preferential motivational attitudinal men, difficult assess.