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Science 26 December 1958:
Vol. 128. no. 3339, pp. 1626 - 1627
DOI: 10.1126/science.128.3339.1626
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Hypothalamic Lesions and Sexual Behavior in the Female Rat

THOMAS LAW 1 and WALTER MEAGHER 1

1 Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

This study reports selective effects on the mating pattern of the female rat of partial destruction of the hypothalamus. Independent neural control of the ovarian cycle and of the mating response are demonstrated. Both depressed and augmented female sexual activity are reported.


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