UBC Sexual Psychophysiology and Psychoneuroendocrinology Laboratory

Dr. Gorzalka's Publications

Publications Relevant to Human Sexuality

Kennedy, M.A., Ip, K., Samra, J., & Gorzalka, B.B. (in press). The role of childhood emotional abuse in disordered eating. Journal of Emotional Abuse.

Brotto, L.A., Chik, H.M., Ryder, A.G., Gorzalka, B.B. & Seal, B.N. (2005). Acculturation and sexual function in Asian women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 613-626.

Brotto, L.A., Gehring, D., Klein, C., Gorzalka, B.B. & Thompson, S. (2005). Psychophysiological and subjective sexual arousal to visual sexual stimuli in new women. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 26, 237-244.

Seal, B.N., Brotto, L.A., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2005). Oral contraceptive use and female genital arousal: Methodological concerns. Journal of Sex Research, 42, 249-258.

Kennedy, M.A., Klein, C., Gorzalka, B.B. & Yuille, J.C. (2004). Attitude change following a British Columbia diversion program for men who solicit sex. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 40, 41-60.

LaMarre, A.K., Paterson, L.Q., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2003). Breastfeeding and postpartum maternal sexual functioning: A review. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 12, 151-168.

Brotto, L.A., & Gorzalka, B.B. ( 2002 ). Genital and subjective sexual arousal in postmenopausal women: Influence of laboratory-induced hyperventilation. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 28(S), 39-53.

Kennedy, M.A., & Gorzalka, B.B. ( 2002 ). Asian and non-Asian attitudes toward rape, sexual harassment and sexuality.  Sex Roles, 46, 227-238.

Meston, C.M., Trapnell, P.D., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1998). Ethnic, gender, and length of residency influences on sexual knowledge an d  attitudes. Journal of Sex Research, 35 , 176-188.

Meston, C.M., Gorzalka, B.B., & Wright, J.M. (1997). Inhibition of subjective and physiological sexual arousal in women by clonidine. Psychosomatic Medicine, 59 , 399-407.

Trapnell, P.D., Meston, C.M., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1997). Spectatoring and the relation between body image and sexual experience: Self-focus or self-valence? Journal of Sex Research, 34 , 267-278.

Meston, C.M., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1996). Differential effects of sympathetic activation on sexual arousal in sexually dysfunctional and functional women. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105 , 582-591.

Meston, C.M., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1996). The effects of immediate, delayed, and residual sympathetic activation on sexual arousal in women. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34 , 143-148.

Meston, C.M., Trapnell, P.D., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1996). Ethnic and gender differences in sexuality: Variations in sexual behavior between Asian and nonAsian university students. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 25 , 33-72.

Meston, C.M., & Gorzalka, B.C. (1995). The effects of sympathetic activation via acute exercise on physiological and subjective sexual arousal in women. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33 , 651-664.

Meston, C.M., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1992). Psychoactive drugs and human sexual behavior: The role of serotonergic activity. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 24 , 1-40.

Palace, E.M., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1992). Differential patterns of arousal in sexually functional and dysfunctional women: Physiological and subjective components of sexual response. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 21 , 135-159.

Palace, E.M., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1990). The enhancing effects of anxiety on arousal in sexually dysfunctional and functional women. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 99 , 403-411.

Other Publications (funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada since 1976.

Gorzalka, B.B., & Hill, M.N. (in press). Cannabinoids, reproduction and sexual behavior. Annual Review of Sex Research.

Gorzalka, B. B., Morrish, A. C., & Hill, M. N. (2007). Endocannabinoid modulation of male rat sexual behavior. Psychopharmacology; [Epub ahead of print].

Hill, M. N., Barr, A. M., Ho, W. S., Carrier, E. J., Gorzalka, B. B., & Hillard, C. J. (2007). Electroconvulsive shock treatment differentially modulates cortical and subcortical endocannabinoid activity. Journal of Neurochemistry; [Epub ahead of print].

Hill, M. N., Karacabeyli, E. S., & Gorzalka, B. B. (2007). Estrogen recruits the endocannabinoid system to modulate emotionality. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32, 350-357.

McLaughlin, R. J., Hill, M. N., Morrish, A. C., & Gorzalka, B. B. (2007). Local enhancement of cannabinoid CB1 receptor signaling in the dorsal hippocampus elicits an antidepressant-like effect. Behavioural Pharmacology, 18, 431-438.

Hill, M. N., Kambo, J. S., Sun, J. C., Gorzalka, B. B., & Galea, L. A. (2006). Endocannabinoids modulate stress-induced suppression of hippocampal cell proliferation and activation of defensive behaviors. European Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 1845-1849.

Hill, M.N., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2006). Increased sensitivity to restraint stress and novelty-induced emotionality following long-term, high-dose cannabinoid exposure. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 31, 526-536.

Hill, M. N., Ho, W. S., Sinopoli, K. J., Viau, V., Hillard, C. J., & Gorzalka, B. B. (2006). Involvement of the endocannabinoid system in the ability of long-term tricyclic antidepressant treatment to suppress stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Neuropsychopharmacology, 31, 2591-2599.

Hill, M.N., Sun, J.C., Tse, M.T., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2006). Altered responsiveness of serotonin-receptor subtypes following long-term cannabinoid treatment. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 9, 277-286.

Gorzalka, B.B., Hill, M.N., & Sun, J.C. (2005). Functional role of the endocannabinoid system and AMPA/kainate receptors in 5-TH2A receptor-mediated wet-dog shakes. European Journal of Pharmacology, 516, 28-33.

Hill, M.N., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2005). Is there a role for the endocannabinoid system in the etiology and treatment of melancholic depression? Behavioral Pharmacology, 16, 333-352.

Hill, M.N., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2005). Pharmacological enhancement of cannabinoid CB1 receptor activity elicits an antidepressant-like response in the rat forced swim test. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 15, 593-599.

Hill, M.N., Ho, W.S., Meier, S., Gorzalka, B.B., & Hillard, C.J. (2005). Chronic corticosterone treatment increases the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonylglycerol in the rat amygdala. European Journal of Pharmacology, 528, 99-102.

Hill, M.N., Patel, S., Carrier, E.J., Rademacher, D.J., Ormerod, B.K., Hillard, C.J. & Gorzalka, B.B. (2005). Downregulation of endocannabinoid signaling in the hippocampus following chronic unpredictable stress. Neuropsychopharmacology, 30, 508-515.

Kennedy, M.A., Parhar, K.K., Samra, J., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2005). Suicide ideation in different generations of immigrants. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 50, 353-356.

Magyar, O., Hill, M.N., Pinel, J.P., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2005). Long-term kindling of the basolateral amygdala impairs copulatory behavior in male rats. Neuroscience Letters, 390, 162-165.

Brotto, L. A., Basson, R., & Gorzalka, B. B. (2004). Psychophysiological assessment in premenopausal sexual arousal disorder. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 1, 266-277.

Kennedy, M. A., Templeton, L., Gandhi, A., & Gorzalka, B. B. (2004). Asian body image satisfaction: Ethnic and gender differences across Chinese, Indo-Asian, and European descent students. Eating Disorders, 12, 321-336.

Hill, M.N. & Gorzalka, B.B. (2004). Enhancement of anxiety -like responsiveness to the cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist HU-210 following chronic stress. European Journal of Pharmacology, 499, 291-295.

Hill, M.N., Gorzalka, B.B., & Choi, J.W. (2004). Augmentation of the development of behavioral tolerance to cannabinoid administration through Pavlovian conditioning. Neuropsychobiology, 49, 94-100.

Hill, M.N., Froc, D.J., Fox, C.J., Gorzalka, B.B., & Christie, B.R. (2004).  Prolonged cannabinoid treatment results in spatial working memory deficits and impaired long-term potentiation in the CA1 region of the hippocampus
in vivo. European Journal of Neuroscience, 20, 859-863.

Kennedy, M.A., Templeton, L., Gandhi, A., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2004). Asian body image satisfaction: ethnic and gender differences across Chinese, Indo-Asian, and European-Descent students. Eating Disorders, 12, 321-336.


Hill, M.N., Brotto, L.A., Lee, T., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2003). Corticosterone attenuates the antidepressant-like effects elicited by melatonin in the forced swim test in both male and female rats. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 27, 905-911.

Gorzalka, B.B., Hanson, L.A., Harrington, J., Killam, S., & Campbell-Meiklejohn, D. (2003). Conditioned taste aversion: Modulation by 5-HT receptor activity and corticosterone. European Journal of Pharmacology, 471, 129-134.

Ip., K., Kennedy, M.A., Samra, J., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2003). Acculturation, family environment, and disordered eating: A comparative study of North American and Asian born Chinese students. Canadian Clinical Psychologist, 14, 11-12.


Price, I.V., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2002). Effect of restraint stress duration on macronutrient intake in the female rat. Nutrition Research, 22, 931-943.

Brotto, L.A., Gorzalka, B.B., and LaMarre, A.K. (2001). Melatonin protects against the effects of chronic stress on sexual behavior in rats. NeuroReport, 12, 3465-3469.

Gorzalka, B.B., Hanson L.A., and Hong, J.J. (2001). Ketanserin attenuates the behavioral effects of corticosterone: Implications for 5-HT2A receptor regulation. European Journal of Pharmacology, 428, 235-240.

Brotto, L.A., Gorzalka, B.B., and Barr, A.M. (2001). Paradoxical effects of chronic corticosterone on forced swim behaviours in aged male and female rats. European Journal of Pharmacology , 424, 203-209.

Brotto, L.A., Barr, A.M., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2000). Sex differences in forced - swim and open - field test behaviors after chronic administration of melatonin. European Journal of Pharmacology, 402, 87-93.

Brotto, L.A., & Gorzalka, B.B. (2000). Melatonin enhances sexual behavior in the male rat. Physiology and Behavior, 68, 483-486.

Hanson, L.A., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1999). The influence of corticosterone on serotonergic stereotypy and sexual behavior in the female rat. Behavioural Brain Research, 104 , 27-35.

Brotto, L.A., Hanson, L.A., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1999). Nefazodone attenuates the stress - induced facilitation of wet dog shaking behaviour but not the facilitation of sexual behaviour in female rats. European Journal of Pharmacology, 381, 101-104.

Schulze, H.G., Greek, L.S. Barbosa, C.J., Blades, M.W., Gorzalka, B.B., & Turner, R.F.B (1999). The measurement of some small - molecule and peptide neurotransmitters in vitro and potentially in vivo with a fiber - optic proble using pulsed ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 92, 15-24.

Gorzalka, B.B., Brotto, L.A., & Hong. J.J. (1999). Corticosterone regulation of 5-HT 2A receptor - mediated behaviours: Attenuation by melatonin . Physiology and Behavior, 67, 439-442.

Gorzalka, B.B., Hanson, L.A., & Brotto, L.A. (1998). Chronic stress effects on sexual behavior in male and female rats: Mediation by 5-HT 2A receptors. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 61, 405-412.

Price, I.V., Gorzalka, B.B., White, S.J., & Arkinstall, K.H. (1998). Amperozide influences feeding independently of 5-HT 2A receptor antagonism. Neuropsychobiology, 37 , 155-159.

Gorzalka, B.B., & Hanson, L.A. (1998). Sexual behavior and wet dog shakes in the male rat: Regulation by corticosterone. Behavioural Brain Research, 97, 143-151.

Brotto, L.A., Gorzalka, B.B., & Hanson, L.A. (1998). Effects of housing conditions and 5-HT 2A activation on male rat sexual behavior. Physiology and Behavior, 63, 475-479.

Hanson L.A., Gorzalka, B.B., & Brotto, L.A. (1998). The antidepressant nefazodone attenuates corticosterone-induced increases in 5-HT 2A mediated behaviors in the female rat. European Journal of Pharmacology, 342, 163-165.

Gorzalka, B.B., Heddema, L.M., Lester, G.L.L., & Hanson, L.A. (1997). Beta-endorphin inhibits and facilitates lordosis behaviour in rats depending on ventricular site of administration . Neuropeptides, 31, 517-521.

Adams, C.F., Liley, N.R., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1996). PCPA increases aggression in male firemouth cichlids. Pharmacology, 53, 328-330.

Schulze, H.G., Greek, L.S., Blades, M.W., Bree, A.V., Gorzalka, B.B., & Turner, R.F.B. (1997). Measurement of sex steroids and analogs with a fiber-optic probe using pulsed ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy. Progress in Biomedical Optics: Proceedings of Optical Diagnostics of Biological Fluids and Advanced Techniques in Analytical Cytology, 2982, 263-270.

Schulze, H.G., Greek, L.S., Blades, M.W., Bree, A.V., Gorzalka, B.B., & Turner, R.F.B. (1997). Development of optical fiber sensor probes for rapid remote in-situ spectroscopic measurements of biological samples. Progress in Biomedical Optics: Proceedings of Optical Diagnostics of Biological Fluids and Advanced Techniques in Analytical Cytology, 2982, 251-262.

Schulze, H.G., Greek, L.S., Blades, M.W., Bree, A.V., Gorzalka, B.B., & Turner, R.F.B. (1997). Neurotransmitter measurement with a fiber-optic probe using pulsed ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy. Progress in Biomedical Optics: Proceedings of Optical Diagnostics of Biological Fluids and Advanced Techniques in Analytical Cytology, 2982, 180-188.

Meston, C.M., Moe, I.V., Gorzalka, B.B. (1996). The effects of sympathetic inhibition on receptive, proceptive, and rejection behaviors in the female rat. Physiology and Behavior, 59, 537-542.

Gorzalka, B.B., Wilkie, D.M., & Hanson, L.A. (1995). Discrimination of ovarian steroids by rats. Physiology and Behavior, 58, 1003-1011.

Schulze, H.G., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1995). Behavioral modeling: The use of chemical reaction kinetics to investigate lordosis behavior in female rats. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 174, 335-369.

Greek, L.S., Schulze, H.G., Blades, M.W., Bree, A.V., Gorzalka, B.B., & Turner, R.F.B. (1995). SNR enhancement and deconvolution of Raman spectra using a two-point entropy regularization method. Applied Spectroscopy, 49, 425-431.

Schulze, H.G., Greek, L.S., Gorzalka, B.B., Bree, A.V., Blades, M.W., & Turner, R.F.B. (1995). Artificial neural network and classical least-squares methods for neurotransmitter mixture analysis. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 56, 155-167.

Tanco, S.A., Watson, N.V., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1994). Effects of 5-HT 3 agonists on reproductive behaviors in rats. Psychopharmacology, 115, 245-248.

Schulze, H.G., & Gorzalka B.B. (1994). An easily constructed, reusable, bipolar, concentric stimulation electrode for use with intracranial guide cannula assemblies. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 47, 993-995.

Schulze, H.G., Blades, M.W., Bree, A.V., Gorzalka, B.B., Greek, L.S., & Turner, R.F.B. (1994). The characteristics of backpropagation neural networks employed in the identification of neurotransmitter Raman spectra. Applied Spectroscopy50-57.

Gorzalka, B.B., & Moe, I.V. (1994). The effects of vitamin B 6 on sexual behavior in the rat, possibly through serotonergic mechanisms. Nutrition Research, 14, 279-285.

Gorzalka, B.B., & Moe, I.V. (1994). Adrenal role in proceptivity and receptivity induced by two modes of estradiol treatment. Physiology and Behavior, 55, 29-34.

Tanco, S.A., Watson, N.V., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1993). Lack of effects of 5-HT 3 antagonists on normal and morphine-attenuated sexual behaviours in male and female rats. Experientia, 49, 238-241.

Watson, N.V., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1992). Concurrent wet dog shaking and decrease in male rat copulation after ventromedial brainstem injection of the 5-HT 2 agonist DOI. Neuroscience Letters, 141, 25-29.

Schulze, H.G., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1992). Low concentrations of oxytocin inhibit sexual receptivity. Endocrine Regulation, 26, 23-27.

Watson, N.V., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1991). DOI-induced inhibition of copulatory behavior in male rats: Reversal by 5-HT 2 antagonists. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 39, 605-612.

Albert, D.J., Jonik, R.H., Gorzalka, B.B., Newlove, T., Webb, B., & Walsh, M.L. (1991). Serum estradiol concentration required to maintain body weight, attractivity, proceptivity and receptivity in the ovariectomized female rat. Physiology and Behavior, 49, 225-231.

Schulze, H.G., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1991). Oxytocin effects on lordosis frequency and lordosis duration following infusion into the medial preoptic area and ventromedial hypothalamus of female rats. Neuropeptides, 18, 99-106.

Gorzalka, B.B., Luck, K., & Tanco, S. (1991). Effects of the oxytocin fragment prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide on male and female sexual behavior. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 38, 273-279.

Gorzalka, B.B., Mendelson, S.D., and Watson, N.V. (1990). Serotonin and sexual behavior. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 600, 435-446.

Watson, N.V., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1990). Relation of spontaneous wet dog shakes and copulatory responses in male rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 37, 825-829.

Schulze, H.G., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1990). A convenient and inexpensive method for chronically implanting multiple intracranial cannulae. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 37, 411-416.

Mendelson, S.D., & Gorzalka, B.B. (1990). Sex differences in the effects of 1-(m-trifluoromethylphenyl) piperazine and 1-(m-chlorophenyl) piperazine on copulatory behavior in the rat. Neuropharmacology, 29, 783-786.

Albert, D.J., Jonik, R.H., Watson, N.V., Gorzalka, B.B., and Walsh, M.L. (1990). Hormone-dependent aggression in male rats requires normal serum testosterone concentration but sexual behavior does not. Physiology and Behavior, 48, 409-416.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1989). Differential roles of 5-HT receptor subtypes in female sexual behavior. In P. Bevan, A.R Cools & T. Archer (Eds.), Behavioral Pharmacology of Serotonin (pp. 55-72). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Lester, G.L.L., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1988). Effect of novel and familiar mating partners on the duration of sexual receptivity in the female hamster. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 49, 398-405.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1988). Stimulation of b-adrenoceptors inhibits lordosis behavior in the female rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 29, 717-723.

Mendelson, S.D., Lee, N., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1987). Intraventricular administration of l-kynurenine and kynuramine facilitates lordosis in the female rat. European Journal of Pharmacology, 142, 447-45l.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Lester, G.L.L. (1987). Oxytocin-induced facilitation of lordosis behavior in rats is progesterone-dependent. Neuropeptides, 10, 55-65.

Raible, L.H., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1987). Neonatal testosterone propionate treatment in the female gerbil: Morphological and behavioral effects. Behavioral Neuroscience, 101, 215-218.

Albert, D.J., Dyson, E.M., Walsh, M.L., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1987). Intermale social aggression in rats: Suppression by medial hypothalamic lesions independently of enhanced defensiveness or decreased testicular testosterone. Physiology and Behavior, 39, 693-698.

Pfaus, J.G., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1987). Selective activation of opioid receptors differentially affects lordosis behavior in female rats. Peptides, 8, 309-317.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1987). An improved chamber for the observation and analysis of the sexual behavior of the female rat. Physiology and Behavior, 39, 67-71.

Pfaus, J.G., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1987). Opioids and sexual behavior. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 11, 1-35.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1986). Effects of 5-HT 1A selective anxiolytics on lordosis behavior: Interactions with progesterone. European Journal of Pharmacology, 132, 323-326.

Raible, L.H., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1986). Short and long term inhibitory actions of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone on lordosis in rats. Peptides, 7, 581-586.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1986). Harmine reverses the inhibition of lordosis by the 5-HT 2 antagonists pirenperone and ketanserin in the female rat . Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 25, 111-115.

Albert, D.J., Walsh, M.L., Gorzalka, B.B., Mendelson, S., and Zalys, C. (1986). Intermale social aggression: Suppression by medial preoptic area lesions. Physiology and Behavior, 38, 169-173.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1986). 5-HT 1A receptors: Differential involvement in female and male sexual behavior in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 37, 345-351.

Pfaus, J.G., Pendleton, N., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1986). Dual effect of morphiceptin on lordosis behavior: Possible mediation by different opioid receptor subtypes. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 24, 1461-1464.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1986). Methysergide inhibits and facilitates lordosis behaviour in the female rat in a time-dependent manner. Neuropharmacology, 25, 749-755.

Raible, L.H., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1986). Receptivity in Mongolian gerbils: Dose and temporal parameters of ovarian hormone administration. Laboratory Animals, 20, 109-113.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1986). Serotonin type 2 antagonists inhibit lordosis behavior in the female rat: Reversal with quipazine. Life Sciences, 38, 33-39.

Albert, D.J., Walsh, M.L., Gorzalka, B.B., Siemens, Y., and Louie, H. (1986). Testosterone removal in rats results in a decrease in social aggression and a loss of social dominance. Physiology and Behavior, 36, 401-407.

Raible, L.H. and Gorzalka, B.B. (1985). Food intake, body weight and lordosis in male and female Mongolian gerbils: Effects of ovarian steroids. Physiology and Behavior, 35, 767-774.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1985). A facilitatory role for serotonin in the sexual behavior of the female rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 22, 1025-1033.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1985). Serotonin antagonist pirenperone inhibits sexual behavior in the male rat: Attenuation by quipazine. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 22, 565-571.

Mendelson, S.D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1984). Cholecystokinin-octapeptide produces inhibition of lordosis in the female rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 21, 755-759.

Pinel, J.P.J., Gorzalka, B.B., and Ladak, F. (1981). Cadaverine and putrescine initiate the burial of dead conspecifics by rats. Physiology and Behavior, 27, 819-824.

deCatanzaro, D., Knipping, R.P., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1981). Antagonism of estrogen-induced lordosis by corticosterone in adrenalectomized­ovariectomized female rats and mice. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 15, 761-766.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Raible, L.H. (1981). Facilitation of lordosis behavior in rats by social isolation: Adrenal mediation. Physiology and Behavior, 27, 603-607.

deCatanzaro, D., Gray, D.S. and Gorzalka, B.B. (1981). Effects of acute central and peripheral ACTH 1-24 administration on lordosis behavior. Physiology and Behavior, 26, 207-213.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Gray, D.S. (1981). Receptivity, rejection and reactivity in female rats following kainic acid and electrolytic septal lesions. Physiology and Behavior, 26, 39-44.

Valle, F.P., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1980). Open-field sex differences prior to puberty in rats . Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 16, 429-431.

deCatanzaro, D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1980). Sexual arousal in male mice: Effects of brief periods of isolation or grouping. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 28, 442-453.

Gray, D.S., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1980). Adrenal steroid interactions in female sexual behavior: A review. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 5, 157-175.

deCatanzaro, D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1980). Effects of dexamethasone, corticosterone, and ACTH on lordosis in ovariectomized and ovariectomized-adrenalectomized rats . Pharmacology, B iochemistry and Behavior, 12, 201-206.

Gorzalka, B.B., and deCatanzaro, D. (1979). Pituitary-adrenal effects on sexual behavior in isolated and group-housed mice. Physiology and Behavior, 22, 939-945.

deCatanzaro, D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1979). Postpubertal social isolation and male sexual behavior in rodents: Facilitation or inhibition is species-dependent. Animal Learning and Behavior, 7, 555-561.

Gray, D.S., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1979). An easily constructed durable chronic intracerebral cannula system. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 11, 463-466.

deCatanzaro, D., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1979). Isolation-induced facilitation of male sexual behavior in mice. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 93, 211-222.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Caira, L. (1979). Adrenal mediation of intermale aggression maintained by aromatized and reduced metabolites of testosterone. Aggressive Behavior, 5, 143-154.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Whalen, R.E. (1977). The effects of progestins, mineralcorticoids, glucocorticoids, and steroid solubility on the induction of sexual receptivity in rats. Hormones and Behavior, 8, 94-99.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Mogenson, G.J. (1977). Sexual behavior. In: G.J. Mogenson (Ed.), An Introduction to the Neurobiology of Behavior , pp. 151-186. New York: Erlbaum.

Whalen, R.E., Gorzalka, B.B., and DeBold, J.F. (1975). Methodological considerations in the study of animal sexual behavior. In: M. Sandler and G.L. Gessa (Eds.), Sexual Behavior: Pharmacology and Biochemistry , pp. 33-44. New York: Raven.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Whalen, R.E. (1975). Effects of genotype on differential behavioral responsiveness to progesterone and dihydroprogesterone in mice. Behavior Genetics, 6 , 7-15. (This paper reprinted in: Thomas E. McGill (Ed.), Readings in Animal Behavior. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1977).

Gorzalka, B.B., and Whalen, R.E. (1975). Inhibition not facilitation of sexual behavior by p -chlorophenylalanine. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 3, 511-513.

Gorzalka, B.B., Rezek, D.L., and Whalen, R.E. (1975). Adrenal mediation of estrogen-induced ejaculatory behavior in the male rat. Physiology and Behavior, 14, 373-376.

Whalen, R.E., Neubauer, B.L., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1975). Potassium chloride induced lordosis behavior in rats is mediated by the adrenal glands. Science, 187, 857-858.

Whalen, R.E., Gorzalka, B.B., DeBold, J.F., Quadagno, D.M., Kan-wha Ho, C., and Hough, J.C. (1974). Studies on the effects of intracerebral Actinomycin-D implants on estrogen-induced receptivity in rats. Hormones and Behavior, 5, 337-343.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Whalen, R.E. (1974). Accumulation of estradiol in brain, uterus and pituitary: Strain, species, suborder and order comparisons. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 9, 376-392.

Quadagno, D.M., DeBold, J.F., Gorzalka, B.B., and Whalen, R.E. (1974). Maternal behavior in the rat: Aspects of concaveation and neonatal androgen treatment. Physiology and Behavior, 12, 1071-1074.

Gorzalka, B.B., and Whalen, R.E. (1974). Genetic regulation of hormone action: Selective effects of progesterone and dihydroprogesterone on sexual receptivity in mice. Steroids, 23, 499-505.

Whalen, R.E., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1974). Estrogen-progesterone interactions in uterus and brain of intact and adrenalectomized immature and adult rats. Endocrinology, 94, 214-223.

Whalen, R.E., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1973). Effects of an estrogen antagonist on behavior and on estrogen retention in neural and peripheral target tissues. Physiology and Behavior, 10, 35-40.

Whalen, R.E., Gorzalka, B.B., and Luttge, W.G. (1973). Steroid extraction and tissue digestion in the assay of radioactivity in rat brain following tritiated estradiol 17- b . Steroids, 21, 219-232.

Whalen, R.E., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1972). The effects of progesterone and its metabolites on the induction of sexual receptivity in rats. Hormones and Behavior, 3, 221-226.

Whalen, R.E., Luttge, W.G., and Gorzalka, B.B. (1971). Neonatal androgenization and the development of estrogen responsivity in male and female rats. Hormones and Behavior, 2, 83-90.

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