Visual-olfactory Contact with a Receptive Female Reduces Anxiety in Reward Downshift and Open Field Tests in Male Rats

摘要: Ejaculation has been shown to have anxiolytic-like effects in a consummatory Successive Negative Contrast situation. Present research was conducted with the main goal of replicating and testing whether ejaculation is necessary factor obtain anti-anxiety after socio-sexual stimulation both reward downshift situation an open field test. In Experiment 1, male rats were tested second post-shift session 32% 4% sucrose solution having chance ejaculation, visual-olfactory contact receptive female, or no females. Similarly treatments anxiolytic drugs, increments consumption initial reduction equivalent for ejaculatory conditions relative controls not exposed 2, same applied before males placed field. Ejaculators did significantly differ from terms general activity, though groups had more average time central areas than control group. Altogether, present experiments provided evidence that sufficient reducing anxiety responses addition, this effect extensive novel context situations.