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Mating in the rat was associated with a significant reduction in the tissue concentrations of the presumptive secretory products of the male accessory sex glands: prostatein and the amines, putrescine, spermidine and spermine (ventral prostate lobe), zinc (lateral prostate lobe) and fructose (coagulating gland). The amount of secretory product discharged and the time taken to restore precopulatory levels differed for the different lobes. Within 12-24 h of the mating period, the activity of ornithine decarboxylase and cytosolic oestrogen binding in the ventral prostate lobe underwent a transient increase which lasted 2-3 days. No change was observed in prolactin binding. Circulating testosterone concentrations were significantly elevated above control values 12 h after the start of mating but were significantly lower than control values at 24 h. A gradual recovery to concentrations in controls occurred over the next 2-3 days. None of these changes could be explained by alterations in gonadotrophin or prolactin release.
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