ArticleAnimal reproduction science2017
Tyrosine hydroxylase in the ventral tegmental area of rams with high or low libido-A role for dopamine.
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- Species-typical group size differentially influences social reward neural circuitry during nonreproductive social interactions.iScience · 2022Article
- Administration of a single dose of a PGF2α analogue (dinoprost) before sexual tests did not improve ram's sexual behaviour.Tropical animal health and production · 2020Article
- ASAS-SSR Triennial Reproduction Symposium: Looking Back And Moving Forward-How Reproductive Physiology Has Evolved: Male reproductive behavior: sensory signaling in the brain of low-performing domestic rams.Journal of animal science · 2018Article
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Abstract
Dopamine synthesis in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) is necessary for the reinforcement of sexual behavior. The objective of this study determined if sexual stimuli initiates reward, and whether reward is attenuated in sexually inactive rams. Sexually active rams were exposed to urine from estrous (n=4) or ovariectomized (n=3) ewes with inactive rams (n=3) exposed to urine from estrous ewes. Following exposure, rams were exsanguinated and brains perfused. Alternating sections of the VTA were stained for Fos related antigens (FRA), tyrosine hydroxylase, and dopamine beta-hydroxylase activity. Forebrain tissue, mid-sagittal ventral to the anterior corpus callosum, was stained for dopamine D
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