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Science 23 June 1978:
Vol. 200. no. 4348, pp. 1414 - 1415
DOI: 10.1126/science.663624
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Science, Vol 200, Issue 4348, 1414-1415
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Medial preoptic lesions and male sexual behavior: age and environmental interactions

DG Twiggs, HB Popolow, and AA Gerall

In all species studied, the medial preoptic area has been found to be necessary for male copulatory behavior. No recovery of sexual function from the medial preoptic area lesions appears to have been reported. This study demonstrates that rats with large lesions of the medial preoptic area exhibit adult male sexual behavior when the surgery is performed prepuberally and the rats have interacted socially with peers.




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