PMID- 2979632
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19920207
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0748-7304 (Print)
IS  - 0748-7304 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
DP  - 1988 Spring
TI  - Axon-sparing lesions of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus abolish gonadal 
      responses to photoperiod in male Syrian hamsters.
PG  - 59-69
AB  - Intrahypothalamic injections of the excitotoxin N-methyl-D,L-aspartic acid (NMA) 
      that destroyed the parvocellular regions of the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) 
      prevented gonadal regression in male hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) kept in 
      short days (LD 6:18). After 17 weeks in short days, these NMA-injected animals 
      had large, functional gonads and displayed all components of male sexual 
      behavior. These findings confirm that neurons of the PVN are part of the pathway 
      that mediates photoperiodism in hamsters.
FAU - Brown, M H
AU  - Brown MH
AD  - Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Michigan State University, East 
      Lansing 48824-1117.
FAU - Badura, L L
AU  - Badura LL
FAU - Nunez, A A
AU  - Nunez AA
LA  - eng
GR  - MH 37877/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Biol Rhythms
JT  - Journal of biological rhythms
JID - 8700115
RN  - 6384-92-5 (N-Methylaspartate)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Axons/*physiology
MH  - Cricetinae
MH  - *Light
MH  - Male
MH  - Mesocricetus
MH  - N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology
MH  - Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus/drug effects/*physiology
MH  - *Periodicity
MH  - Testis/*physiology
EDAT- 1988/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1988/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1988/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1988/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1988/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1988/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/074873048800300105 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Biol Rhythms. 1988 Spring;3(1):59-69. doi: 10.1177/074873048800300105.