TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Ovariectomy attenuates aggression by female rats cohabiting with sexually active sterile males
JO  - Physiology and behavior
A1  - Albert, D. J.
A1  - Petrovic, D. M.
A1  - Walsh, M. L.
SP  - 225
EP  - 228
VL  - 45
IS  - 2
N2  - Female rats were individually housed with a single castrated male with a testosterone implant that maintained sexual and aggressive behavior. At weekly intervals, the resident male was removed and an unfamiliar female intruder was introduced into the colony. Attacks, bites, on-top, and piloerection of the resident female toward the intruder were scored. Females whose level of aggression toward the intruder was substantial and stable were either ovariectomized or sham-ovariectomized. Aggression tests resumed 1 week postoperatively and continued for an additional 3 weeks. The results confirm that female cohabiting with a sterile male become aggressive. They also demonstrate that ovariectomy greatly attenuates but does not entirely abolish aggression toward an unfamiliar female intruder. The results appear to contribute to a growing body of evidence suggesting that the biological substrate and behavioral form of aggression by females housed with males (including that following parturition) is a hormone-dependent aggression which parallels testosterone-dependent social aggression of males housed with females.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-9384
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -