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In Experiment 2, sexually experienced OVX rats at a different testing site received EB alone and were tested weekly with sexually active males following daily flibanserin treatment.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Female appetitive behaviors (solicitations, hops and darts, anogenital investigations), defensive behaviors, pacing, lordosis, and male copulatory responses (intromissions and ejaculations) were measured during each 30-minute copulation test.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Acute flibanserin or 1 week of chronic flibanserin treatment did not modify sexual responses in fully (EB\u2009+\u2009P) or partially (EB-alone) primed females. After 2 weeks of chronic treatment, fully primed females displayed significantly more solicitations than the three other groups. After 3 weeks of chronic treatment, a significant increase in female solicitations was observed in both hormone-treatment groups.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study shows the first evidence that chronic, but not acute, flibanserin treatment augments appetitive sexual behaviors in OVX female rats primed with EB\u2009+\u2009P or EB alone. Given the positive effect of flibanserin in clinical trials, these results confirm previous reports that solicitations in the female rat are a predictive animal model of human female sexual desire.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jsm.12094","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,19]],"date-time":"2013-02-19T21:15:29Z","timestamp":1361308529000},"page":"1231-1239","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Flibanserin Treatment Increases Appetitive Sexual Motivation in the Female Rat"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne","family":"Gelez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pelvipharm \u00a0 , Montigny le Bretonneux , France"},{"name":"University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines \u00a0 , Montigny le Bretonneux , France"},{"name":"EA4501 \u00a0 , Montigny le Bretonneux , France"},{"name":"University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines \u00a0 , Montigny le Bretonneux , 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