Abstract:
:Nitric oxide (NO) has been suggested to play a crucial role in the regulation of lordosis behavior via stimulation of guanylyl cyclase to synthesize cyclic GMP. Whalen and Lauber (1986, Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 10, 47-53) hypothesized that hormones and pharmacological agents known to facilitate lordosis in estrogen-primed rodents act through cyclic GMP. The compound 1H-[1,2, 4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) has been shown to selectively inhibit NO-stimulated cyclic GMP production. In the present study, we investigated the effects of ODQ on lordosis behavior. Female rats were implanted with a guide cannula aimed at the lateral or third ventricles by stereotaxic surgery, and their ovaries were bilaterally removed. Five days later, animals were injected subcutaneously with 2 microg estradiol benzoate at 48 and 24 hr, and 200 microg progesterone 4 hr before behavioral testing. ODQ or vehicle (1 microl) was administered at the time of progesterone treatment or 20 min before lordosis testing. ODQ significantly decreased lordosis quotients and the quality of lordosis at both intervals of drug infusion. Locomotor activities, measured by line crossing and rearing, were not affected by ODQ. ODQ also inhibited cyclic GMP accumulation in response to NMDA stimulation in hypothalamic and cerebellar slices in vitro. We conclude that cyclic GMP produced by NO generation is an important modulator of female rat sexual behavior.
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Horm Behavjournal_title
Hormones and behaviorauthors
Chu HP,Etgen AMdoi
10.1006/hbeh.1997.1413subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-10-01 00:00:00pages
125-32issue
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0018-506Xissn
1095-6867pii
S0018-506X(97)91413-6journal_volume
32pub_type
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.001
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
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doi:10.1016/0018-506x(85)90024-8
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/hbeh.1999.1540
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.12.004
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.04.015
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.02.006
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.006
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/hbeh.1993.1028
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.05.002
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0018-506x(91)90012-7
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.10.001
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.018
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/hbeh.2002.1771
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.006
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.09.011
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.10.004
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.017
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.06.015
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.07.005
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.11.004
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/hbeh.2000.1572
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.03.006
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104714
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2018.10.002
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The vertebrate hippocampus (HP) plays a critical role in the organization of memory. Estrogens alter synaptic morphology and function in the mammalian HP and may potentiate memory performance. Previous studies suggest that the songbird HP itself is a site of significant aromatase expression, intimating that local estr...
journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/hbeh.1998.1447
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Blood samples were taken from free-living male and female mockingbirds to determine correlations between plasma steroids and breeding behavior. Plasma levels of testosterone (T), estradiol (E2), progesterone (P), and corticosterone (B) were assessed during pre-breeding courtship, while males built nests, while females...
journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/hbeh.1995.1002
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0018-506x(87)90027-4
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The influence of neonatal androgen on the potential to exhibit feminine sexual behavior was investigated. Male rats castrated on Day 0 but not those castrated on Day 4 or later showed hop/darting, ear wiggling, and lordotic behavior in response to treatment with estrogen and progesterone in adulthood at a frequency eq...
journal_title:Hormones and behavior
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0018-506x(88)90008-6
更新日期:1988-09-01 00:00:00