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Reproductive functioning in the prenatally stressed female rat
Author(s) -
Beckhardt Stacey,
Ward Ingeborg L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420160204
Subject(s) - offspring , pregnancy , gestation , physiology , sexual functioning , fetus , sexual behavior , psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , biology , sexual dysfunction , genetics
The reproductive behavior and physiology of female offspring of rats stressed during pregnancy were assessed. Mothers were restrained and placed under bright, hot lights from Day 14 through 21 of gestation. This treatment, which is known to disrupt the sexual behavior of male offspring, did not alter reproductive functioning in the female offspring. The females showed evidence of normal cyclicity, sexual behavior, pregnancy, parturition, pup survival, and maternal behavior when tested beginning at 70 or at 140 days of age.