Oxytocin, vasopressin, prostaglandin F2α, luteinizing hormone, testosterone, estrone sulfate, and cortisol plasma concentrations after sexual stimulation in stallions
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2010
Citazione:
Oxytocin, vasopressin, prostaglandin F2α, luteinizing hormone, testosterone, estrone sulfate, and cortisol plasma concentrations after sexual stimulation in stallions / M.C. Veronesi, U. Tosi, M. Villani, N. Govoni, M. Faustini, H. Kindahl, A. Madej, A. Carluccio. - In: THERIOGENOLOGY. - ISSN 0093-691X. - 73:4(2010 Mar 01), pp. 460-467. [10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.09.028]
Abstract:
This experiment was designed to determine the effects of sexual stimulation on plasma concentrations of oxytocin (OT), vasopressin (VP), 15-ketodihydro-PGF2α (PG-metabolite), luteinizing hormone (LH), testosterone (T), estrone sulfate (ES), and cortisol (C) in stallions. Semen samples were collected from 14 light horse stallions (Equus caballus) of proven fertility using a Missouri model artificial vagina. Blood samples were collected at 15, 12, 9, 6, and 3 min before estrous mare exposure, at erection, at ejaculation, and at 3, 6, and 9 min after ejaculation. Afterwards, blood sampling was performed every 10 min for the following 60 min. Sexual activity determined an increase in plasma concentrations of OT, VP, C, PG-metabolite, and ES and caused no changes in LH and T concentrations. The finding of a negative correlation between C and VP at erection, and between C and T before erection and at the time of erection, could be explained by a possible inhibitory role exerted by C in the mechanism of sexual arousal described for men.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Hormones; Horse; Sexual Stimulation; Stallion
Elenco autori:
M.C. Veronesi, U. Tosi, M. Villani, N. Govoni, M. Faustini, H. Kindahl, A. Madej, A. Carluccio
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