Emmerick J J, Snowdon C T
J Comp Physiol Psychol. 1976 Sep;90(9):857-69. doi: 10.1037/h0077271.
This research investigated whether the dependence of mating behavior in the male hamster on olfactory and gustatory stimuli could be used with the taste/odor conditioning paradigm to alter sexual behavior. Preliminary experiments established the effectiveness of lithium chloride and methyl-atropine nitrate in forming aversions to a saccharin solution. These same agents failed to modify mating behavior when the conditional stimulus was an estrous female hamster. Animals made ill after an exposure to a cotton swab containing phenylacetic acid later showed increased latencies in the initiation of mating with an estrous female swabbed with phenylacetic acid. Animals given three punished exposures to phenylacetic acid also showed increased latency to initiate mating and decreased anogenital sniff-licking with a phenylacetic acid-swabbed estrous female. However, no other measures of mating behavior were altered.
本研究调查了雄性仓鼠的交配行为对嗅觉和味觉刺激的依赖性是否可用于味觉/气味条件化范式来改变性行为。初步实验确定了氯化锂和硝酸甲基阿托品在形成对糖精溶液的厌恶方面的有效性。当条件刺激是发情期雌性仓鼠时，这些药物未能改变交配行为。接触含苯乙酸的棉签后生病的动物，后来与用苯乙酸擦拭过的发情期雌性交配时，启动交配的潜伏期增加。接受三次苯乙酸惩罚性暴露的动物，与用苯乙酸擦拭过的发情期雌性交配时，启动交配的潜伏期也增加，且对肛门生殖器的嗅舔减少。然而，交配行为的其他指标没有改变。
