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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (November 9, 2006). doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00532.2006
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Submitted on July 24, 2006
Accepted on November 2, 2006

NOVEL TECHNIQUE FOR MONITORING MICTURITION AND SEXUAL FUNCTION IN MALE RATS USING TELEMETRY

Yvette S Nout1, Jacqueline C Bresnahan1, Esther Culp2, C. Amy Tovar1, Michael S Beattie1, and Markus H Schmidt3*

1 Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
2 Ohio Sleep Medicine and Neuroscience Institute, Dublin, Ohio, United States
3 Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States; Ohio Sleep Medicine and Neuroscience Institute, Dublin, Ohio, United States

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mschmidt{at}sleepmedicine.com.

We developed a novel technique to simultaneously monitor micturitions and erections in rats, using pressure monitoring within the corpus spongiosum of the penis (CSP). We present data validating this technique and report pressure waveform characteristics of micturition and erectile events during four different behavioral contexts in 10 awake, freely-moving male rats. Telemetric pressure transducers were implanted in the bulb of the CSP. CSP pressure was monitored while the animals were simultaneously recorded on video for determination of presence and volume (n=7) of micturitions and while the animals underwent behavioral tests for determination of erections. Observed micturitions and CSP pressure waveforms characteristic of micturitions occurred simultaneously (r=0.98) at a frequency of 32±4 micturitions per 24h and with a volume of 0.95±0.12 ml/urination. Micturition duration, recorded by CSP pressure, and volume, determined by urine weight, were highly correlated (r=0.82). We found that 100% of visually confirmed erectile events occurred simultaneously with CSP pressure waveforms characteristic of erections during ex copula reflex erection tests. During non-contact erection and mating tests, more erections were identified by telemetry than by observation alone. Erections during mating tests had a different appearance than those seen in other contexts; they were shorter in duration (p<0.05) and typically characterized by a single suprasystolic CSP pressure peak, highlighting the context-specificity of erections. Quality of recordings remained stable in 3 of 4 rats we followed for 8 weeks. We demonstrate that telemetric recording of CSP pressure provides a quantitative and qualitative assessment of penile erections and micturition in freely behaving rats.




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