Effects of ejaculation on sexual behavior in the male rat.

Beach, Frank A.; Whalen, Richard E.

doi:10.1037/h0041163

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“…These observations confirm the exhaustion curves published by Larsson (1956) and Dewsbury (1968), including the considerably lower rise at exhaustion of the intromission frequency. Copulatory behavior is quite obviously enhanced (shorter ICIs and ELs, fewer intromissions) by prior ejaculations (as has been noted by Beach & Whalen, 1959) before finally demonstrating signs of reduced activity at exhaustion.…”

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Differential rates of exhaustion and recovery of several parameters of male rat sexual behavior.

Karen

Barfield²

1975

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

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Sexual exhaustion of the male rat was studied with respect to several copulatory measures. The ejaculatory latency, intercopulatory interval, and intromission frequency demonstrate a U-shaped curve, exhibiting high values for the initial ejaculatory series, falling to a minimum at an intermediate ejaculatory series, and again increasing at exhaustion. The absolute refractory period of the postejaculatory interval (measured at vocalization termination) increases linearly, whereas the relative refractory period (the remaining portion of the postejaculatory interval) is a positively accelerating function. Partial recovery tests demonstrated that the preejaculatory measures and absolute refractory period have substantially returned to baseline values by Day 6, while the relative refractory period is still extended. The significance of these data to the theoretical modeling of sexual behavior is discussed.

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“…Other interpretations of sexual exhaustion have indicated generalized fatigue as a contributing factor (Beach & Whalen, 1959;Boland & Dewsbury, 1971). This factor can only be considered to be significant insofar as it reduces the animal's arousability during the relative refractory period.…”

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Differential rates of exhaustion and recovery of several parameters of male rat sexual behavior.

Karen

Barfield²

1975

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

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“…Requests for reprints should be sent to Martha K. McClintock, Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Chicago, 5730 Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637. becomes inactive and usually will not mate even if he is presented with a new estrous female (Beach & Whalen, 1959). From the male's perspective, this quiescent period ensures enough time for the complete transport of his sperm.…”

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Postejaculatory quiescence in female and male rats: Consequences for sperm transport during group mating.

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“…One kind of data that would be important to such an understanding would consider the degree to which satiety is a time-dependent process. Studies enforcing prolongecl rest periods both within and between series of copulations have provided important infonnation about the regulation of copulatory behavior (e.g .. Beach & Whalen, 1959a: Beach & Whalen, 1959b. It is reasonable that rnalagous manipulations might yield data which could be important in understanding the satiety proces£.…”

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“…One class of model treats satiety solely as a function of non-specific fatig1!e (Beach & Whalen, 1959a). The second class treats satiety as the results of changes in some controlling mechanism specific to sexual activity (Beach, 1956: Seward.…”

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