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Conditioning of Sexual Interests and Paraphilias in Humans Is Difficult to See, Virtually Impossible to Test, and Probably Exactly How It Happens: A Comment on Hsu and Bailey (2020).

Author(s): Pfaus JG, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith CE, Gerson CA, Dubé S, Coria-Avila GA

Arch Sex Behav. 2020 May 27;: Authors: Pfaus JG, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith CE, Gerson CA, Dubé S, Coria-Avila GA PMID: 32462414 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Article GUID: 32462414
The non-aromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) facilitates sexual behavior in ovariectomized female rats primed with estradiol.

Author(s): Maseroli E, Santangelo A, Lara-Fontes B, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith CE, Casarrubea M, Ricca V, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Pfaus JG

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2020 Feb 07;115:104606 Authors: Maseroli E, Santangelo A, Lara-Fontes B, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith CE, Casarrubea M, Ricca V, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Pfaus JG

Article GUID: 32087523
Correction to: Differential disruption of conditioned ejaculatory preference in the male rat based on different sensory modalities by micro-infusions of naloxone to the medial preoptic area or ventral tegmental area.

Author(s): Quintana GR, Birrel M, Marceau S, Kalantari N, Bowden J, Bachoura Y, Borduas E, Lemay V, Payne JW, Cionnaith CM, Pfaus JG

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2020 Jan 09;: Authors: Quintana GR, Birrel M, Marceau S, Kalantari N, Bowden J, Bachoura Y, Borduas E, Lemay V, Payne JW, Cionnaith CM, Pfaus JG

Article GUID: 31919562
Behavior is the ultimate arbiter: An alternative explanation for the inhibitory effect of fluoxetine on the ovulatory homolog model of orgasm in rabbits.

Author(s): Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith CE, Pfaus JG

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Dec 03;: Authors: Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith CE, Pfaus JG PMID: 31796602 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Article GUID: 31796602
Effect of CS preexposure on the conditioned ejaculatory preference of the male rat: behavioral analyses and neural correlates.

Author(s): Quintana GR, Jackson M, Nasr M, Pfaus JG

Learn Mem. 2018 10;25(10):513-521 Authors: Quintana GR, Jackson M, Nasr M, Pfaus JG

Article GUID: 30224554
First sexual experiences determine the development of conditioned ejaculatory preference in male rats.

Author(s): Quintana GR, Guizar A, Rassi S, Pfaus JG

Learn Mem. 2018 10;25(10):522-532 Authors: Quintana GR, Guizar A, Rassi S, Pfaus JG

Article GUID: 30224555
Differential disruption of conditioned ejaculatory preference in the male rat based on different sensory modalities by micro-infusions of naloxone to the medial preoptic area or ventral tegmental area.

Author(s): Quintana GR, Birrel M, Marceau S, Kalantari N, Bowden J, Bachoura Y, Borduas E, Lemay V, Payne JW, Cionnaith CM, Pfaus JG

Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2019 Jul 29;: Authors: Quintana GR, Birrel M, Marceau S, Kalantari N, Bowden J, Bachoura Y, Borduas E, Lemay V, Payne JW, Cionnaith CM, Pfaus JG

Article GUID: 31359118
The whole versus the sum of some of the parts: toward resolving the apparent controversy of clitoral versus vaginal orgasms.

Author(s): Pfaus JG, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith C, Parada M

Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2016;6:32578 Authors: Pfaus JG, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith C, Parada M

Article GUID: 27791968
Do rats have orgasms?

Author(s): Pfaus JG, Scardochio T, Parada M, Gerson C, Quintana GR, Coria-Avila GA

Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2016;6:31883 Authors: Pfaus JG, Scardochio T, Parada M, Gerson C, Quintana GR, Coria-Avila GA

Article GUID: 27799081
Effects of ovarian hormones on the emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during distributed clitoral stimulation in the rat.

Author(s): Gerson CA, Mac Cionnaith CE, Quintana GR, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2019 Mar;109:1-9 Authors: Gerson CA, Mac Cionnaith CE, Quintana GR, Pfaus JG

Article GUID: 30690029
Title:Effects of ovarian hormones on the emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during distributed clitoral stimulation in the rat.
Authors:Gerson CA,  Mac Cionnaith CE,  Quintana GR,  Pfaus JG
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30690029?dopt=Abstract
Category:Horm Behav
PMID:30690029
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: christineagerson@gmail.com.
2 Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
3 Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: jpfaus@uv.mx.

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Effects of ovarian hormones on the emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during distributed clitoral stimulation in the rat.

Horm Behav. 2019 Mar;109:1-9

Authors: Gerson CA, Mac Cionnaith CE, Quintana GR, Pfaus JG

Abstract

Fifty-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) are emitted by adult rats during appetitive phases of behavior in response to stimuli thought to be associated with a positive affective state. In particular, 50-kHz USVs with rapid frequency oscillations, known as trills and flat-trills, in which these oscillations are flanked by a monotonic portion, are together positively correlated with appetitive behaviors such as rough and tumble play, drug and natural reward, and mating. Female rats produce 50-kHz USVs during a variety of sexual contexts, yet data are still vague as female sexual behavior is seldom studied on its own. Distributed clitoral stimulation (CLS) offers a unique approach to investigating female 50-kHz USVs as it mimics stimulation received during mating. Although CLS induces a sexual reward state, it is unknown whether CLS elicits trills and flat-trills. We addressed this question using eight ovariectomized rats, we investigated whether ovarian hormones augmented these call subtypes in response to CLS. The combined and separate effects of estradiol benzoate (EB) and progesterone (P), and oil vehicle were assessed through comparison of these call subtypes between CLS and inter-CLS interval. We found that CLS with EB?+?P significantly increased call duration and rate, lowered peak frequency, and widened the bandwidth of trills. Flat-trills showed a similar pattern except for call duration. Call distribution during the CLS and inter-CLS interval suggest that trill and flat-trills may be indicative of both anticipatory and sexual reward.

PMID: 30690029 [PubMed - in process]