Abstract
Electric shock to the skin augments the rate of copulatory behavior in male rats. This effect was studied in sexually experienced male rats after castration in order to determine whether the lack of androgen could be compensated by an exogenous, sexually potentiating stimulus. Administration of shock slowed the decline of copulatory behavior after castration but did not prevent the disappearance of this behavior. The results suggest that androgen does not activate copulatory behavior by a general excitatory effect on the CNS, and that the effects of androgen on the CNS are a necessary condition for the regular appearance of copulatory behavior.
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