Showing papers by "Michael J. Baum published in 1978"

TL;DR: It is suggested that sex steroids are normally not required in the female stumptail macaque for activation of preceptive and receptive sexual behaviors or for maintenance of sexual attractivity.

TL;DR: In stumptail macaques social factors are more important than ovarian hormones in regulating heterosexual interaction as well as endogenous fluctuations in ovarian hormones during the female's menstrual cycle.

TL;DR: Significantly more EB-treated females displayed maternal behavior, regardless of whether or not they bore pituitary grafts, suggesting that estradiol and not prolactin may be essential for the rapid onset of maternal behavior in parturient rats.