Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1973

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Singer, Jay J.

Abstract

Fourteen 75-day-old female rats of the Long-Evans strain were ovariectomized and divided into two groups of seven. Group I received daily injections of 2mg testosterone propionate (TP) and was tested for male sexual behavior. Group II, in addition to daily injections of TP, also received injections of 1mg progesterone on five of the ten test days. This group was tested for female sexual behavior. TP was found to exert a facilitory effect on both male and female sexual behavior. Female sexual behavior was enhanced further when progesterone was administered 4 to 6 hours prior to testing. Progesterone, when injected alone, was found to induce lordosis. It was concluded that TP was first being converted to estrogen and it was the estrogen which was responsible for the increase in female sexual behavior. The fact that progesterone, which enhances estrogen-induced lordosis, also enhances testosterone-induced lordosis supports this position.

Extent

62 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.

Identifier

FADT13567

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