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lidoalex

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Describe the behaviors that comprise maternal behavior.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Describe the circuits that govern rodent female sexual behavior.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: At birth, the mother will clean, urge, and nurse her young. She will also build a nest to house them, and will retrieve them if they move out of the nest. Mothers are also capable of aggression to defend their young.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ventromedial hypothalamus receives input from the vomeronasal organ in the female rat and this key structure sends outputs to the PAG. Damage to the VMH or to the PAG will disrupt lordosis.


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