FIGURE 5.

Copulatory behaviour. Avp‐shRNA and scramble shRNA‐ injected males (A) and females (B) did not differ in number of mounts performed (males) and number of times mounted (females). (C) Avp‐shRNA reduced the number of intromissions performed by males compared to controls (p = 0.002). (D) The number of intromissions received by females was unaltered. Pie chart summarizing the proportion of male subjects that ejaculated (E) and the proportion of male stimulus animals that ejaculated with female subjects (F). BNST AVP knockdown resulted in fewer males ejaculating (p < 0.00001). Boxplots indicate individual data points, median, first and third quartiles