Animal Models of Reproductive Behavior

ISBN-13: 9781071632338 / Angielski

Raul Paredes Guerrero; Wendy Portillo; Marie Bedos

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This volume presents the latest techniques to study several aspects of reproductive behavior in different species. The chapters in this book cover topics such as methods to investigate social behavior; sexual motivation and reward, both of which are fundamental for the initiation of sexual behavior; olfactory signaling; different characteristics and models of reproductive function; and parental behavior in both rats and rabbits. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your laboratory. 

Cutting-edge and practical, Animal Models of Reproductive Behavior is a valuable resource for both experienced researchers and students who want to incorporate new techniques into their studies of reproductive behavior.

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1. The Study of Social Cognition: Social Recognition and Social Learning in Laboratory Rats and Mice
Pietro Paletta, Dario Aspesi, Noah Bass, and Elena Choleris

2. Social and Sexual Preference in Socially Monogamous Species: Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
María Fernanda López-Gutiérrez, Guillermo Valera-Marín, Sarael Alcauter, and Wendy Portillo  

3. Basic Protocols for the Study of Maternal Behavior in Rabbits
Mario Caba, Margarita Martínez-Gómez, Cecilia Hernández Bonilla, Kurt L.  Hoffman, and Angel I. Melo 

4. Basic Protocols to Study Parental Behavior in Rats 
Ángel I. Melo, Mario Caba, Francisco Castelán, and Margarita Gómez-Martínez 

5. The Bruce Effect: Complementary Roles of Olfactory Memory and Male-Sourced Estradiol
Denys deCatanzaro

6. Open Source JL Olfactometer for Awake Behaving Recording of Brain Activity for Mice Engaged in Olfactory Tasks
Nicole Arevalo, Laetitia Merle, Arianna Gentile-Polese, Andrew Moran, Andrew Parra, Michael Hall, Justin Losacco, Ming Ma, Connor McCullough, Barish Ozbay, Daniel Ramirez-Gordillo, Jose Riguero, Fabio Simoes-de Souza, Kira Steinke, Ryan Williamson, and Diego Restrepo

7. Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Method for the Study of Social Behavior in a Rodent Model
María Fernanda López-Gutiérrez, Juan J. Ortiz, Wendy Portillo, and Sarael Alcauter

8. Evaluation of Sexual Behavior in Laboratory vs Seminatural Conditions 
Xi Chu and Anders Ågmo

9. Sexual Incentive Motivation 
Patty T. Huijgens, Roy Heijkoop, and Eelke Snoeren

10. Pro-Choice: Partner Preference as a Method to Assess Sexual Motivation  
Fay A. Guarraci and Sarah H. Meerts 

11. Copulation in Rats: Analysis of Behavioral and Seminal Parameters
Rosa Angélica Lucio, María Reyna Fuentes-Morales, and Alonso Fernández-Guasti  

12. Paced Mating Behavior
Zacnité Mier-Quesada, Natalia Robles, and Raúl G. Paredes

13. Assessment of Sexual Reward with the Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm
Marie Bedos

14. Because Sex Matters: The Case of Female Sexual Response
Elisa Ventura-Aquino and Anders Ågmo

15. Methods to Assess the Role of Neurogenesis in Reproductive Behaviors of Birds, Rats, and Sheep
Rebeca Corona, Olesya T. Shevchouk, and Ivan E. Gladwyn-Ng

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