Facilitative and inhibitory influences of reproductive behavior on sperm transport in rats
| Autor: | Michael K. Matthews, Norman T. Adler |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
| Předmět: |
Male
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Ejaculation Reproductive tract Posture Cell Count Stimulation Biology Inhibitory postsynaptic potential Sexual Behavior Animal Internal medicine Copulation medicine Animals Cervix reproductive and urinary physiology urogenital system Reproductive behavior General Medicine Spermatozoa Sperm Rats Sperm Transport medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Vagina Sperm Motility Female |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 91:727-741 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9940 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/h0077364 |
| Popis: | Six experiments were performed to investigate the effects of the rat's copulatory behavior on sperm transport in the female's reproductive tract. Data showed that (a) transcervical sperm transport in rats requires 6--10 min after ejaculation for completion; (b) transcervical transport of large numbers of sperm requires that the vaginal plug remain lodged tightly in the vaginal-cervical junction; (c) maintenance of an immobile posture by the male, and possibly by the female, at ejaculation facilitates the deposition of a tightly lodged vaginal plug and the transport of large numbers of sperm through the cervix; (d) a single intromission occurring within 2 min after ejaculation disrupts sperm transport, but more copulatory stimulation is required to disrupt sperm transport when delivered between 4 and 10 min after ejaculation; and (e) the average postejaculatory interval is long enough to prevent a male from disrupting the transport of most of his own sperm from the preceding ejaculation. |
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