Female–Male Mounting in Japanese Macaques: The Proximate Role of Sexual Reward
Female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), in certain populations, routinely engage in female–male mounting. In this study, we documented patterns of vulvar, perineal and anal (VPA) stimulation during female–male mounting in Japanese macaques. During approximately 45% of the female–male mounts analyzed, two thirds of female mounters engaged in VPA stimulation. Given the VPA region’s primary role […]
The role of ovarian hormones in sexual reward states of the female rat
To what extent does the reward value of sexual stimulation in females depend on ovarian hormones? The effects of estradiol benzoate (EB) and progesterone (P) were examined on the acquisition and expression of sexual reward induced by paced copulation and clitoral stimulation (CLS) in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. In experiment 1 we examined the expression of […]