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Biological Psychology Exam #3- Reproductive Behavior Revised

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What is the most critical region for male sexual behavior?
medial preoptic area
What is the most critical region for female sexual behavior?
ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus
What does the medial preoptic area for males release?
glutamate
What is the ventromedial hypothalamus in females activated by?
Fos protein
What structure is 3-7x larger in males than in females?
sexually dimorphic nucleus
If there are lesions to the medial amygdala in males, what will this do to sexual behavior?
abolish it
What does the medial amygdala connect in females?
Vomeronasal organ and genitals
What does the medial amygdala connect to in females?
ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus
How does somatosensory information from genitals in males connect to the medial preoptic area?
central tegmental field
What is the connection between the medial preoptic area and spinal ejaculation generator in males?
periaqueductal gray matter
What is the connection between the medial preoptic area and spinal ejaculation center (inhibitory)?
nucleus paragigantocellularis
The serotonergic inhibitory connections between the nucleus paraigigantocellularis and the spinal ejaculation center cause what to sometimes happen to men when they take SSRIs?
suppression of ejaculation
If the connectino between the ventromedial hypothalamus and the periaqueductal gray matter in females is disrupted, what happens?
no female sexual behavior
What hormonal disorder is caused by a lack of functioning androgen receptors?
androgen insensitivity syndrome
What sex chromosomes does an individual with androgen insensitivity syndrome have?
XY
What hormonal disorder causes development of a female with testes but no internal sex hormones?
androgen insensitivity syndrome
What are the potential causes of persistent mullerian duct syndrome?
failure to produce anti-mullerian hormone, absence of receptors for anti-mullerian hormone
Is persistent mullerian duct syndrome problematic for males or females?
males
What hormonal disorder causes a genetic male to have both male and female sex organs?
persistant mullerian duct syndrome
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