PMID: 6539748Jun 1, 1984Paper

The role of progesterone in pregnancy-induced aggression in mice

Hormones and Behavior
M MannB Svare

Abstract

A series of six experiments was performed in order to explore the potential involvement of progesterone (P) in pregnancy-induced aggression (PIA) displayed by Rockland-Swiss mice toward adult male intruders. In Experiment 1, circulating levels of P and aggression were low on gestation Days 6 and 10 while both the behavior and the steroid reached peak levels by gestation Day 14. By gestation Day 18 (the day prior to parturition), serum P was at its lowest level yet aggressive behavior was still intense. Also, individual differences in the display of fighting behavior by pregnant females were not related to circulating P. Experiments 2 and 3 showed that supplemental P treatment to early pregnant female mice did not advance the onset of aggression. Experiment 4 showed that P treatment promoted the onset and elevated the incidence of aggression in virgin mice, but only in those females with intact ovaries. Experiment 5 showed that the aggressive behavior of P-stimulated virgin females was qualitatively and quantitatively different from that exhibited by pregnant mice in that the former exhibited fewer attacks and lunges than the latter. Finally, Experiment 6 showed that the removal of P from aggressive, P-stimulated virgins dramati...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1986·Physiology & Behavior·C H KinsleyB Svare
Jan 1, 1988·Physiology & Behavior·C Kinsley, B Svare
Aug 1, 1989·Physiology & Behavior·D J AlbertD M Petrovic
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Jun 1, 1986·Hormones and Behavior·B SvareC Kinsley
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