PMID- 8032890
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19940816
LR  - 20190614
IS  - 0006-8993 (Print)
IS  - 0006-8993 (Linking)
VI  - 642
IP  - 1-2
DP  - 1994 Apr 11
TI  - Lesions of the accessory olfactory bulb decrease lordotic responsiveness and 
      reduce mating-induced c-fos expression in the accessory olfactory system.
PG  - 29-37
AB  - The effect of bilateral lesion of the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) on the 
      mating-induced enhancement of sexual receptivity was investigated in 
      ovariectomized (OVX) female rats. Lesions of the AOB significantly reduced the 
      lordosis-to-mount (L/M) ratio in mating tests conducted 20 to 50 days after the 
      lesion but L/M ratios at earlier (10 days) and later (51-90 days) time periods 
      were not affected. The decrease in L/M was accompanied by a reduction in the 
      number of c-fos immunopositive cells in the medial amygdala (mAMYG) and bed 
      nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) measured after 3 h of repetitive mating. 
      In the mAMYG, the reduction in c-fos immunoreactivity was correlated to the L/M 
      ratio as well as to the number of intromissions received during the mating tests. 
      The results suggest that information processed from the AOB to the mAMYG and the 
      BNST is important for facilitation of lordosis behavior, and that the mAMYG may 
      integrate information from the AOB with ascending input activated during 
      copulatory behavior to regulate receptivity.
FAU - Dudley, C A
AU  - Dudley CA
AD  - Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 
      75235-9040.
FAU - Moss, R L
AU  - Moss RL
LA  - eng
GR  - MH41784/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Brain Res
JT  - Brain research
JID - 0045503
RN  - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos)
SB  - IM
MH  - Amygdala/physiology
MH  - Animals
MH  - Female
MH  - Hypothalamus, Middle/physiology
MH  - Neural Pathways/physiology
MH  - Olfactory Bulb/metabolism/*physiology
MH  - Ovariectomy
MH  - *Posture
MH  - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/*biosynthesis
MH  - Rats
MH  - Rats, Sprague-Dawley
MH  - Reaction Time/physiology
MH  - Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology
EDAT- 1994/04/11 00:00
MHDA- 1994/04/11 00:01
CRDT- 1994/04/11 00:00
PHST- 1994/04/11 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1994/04/11 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1994/04/11 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 0006-8993(94)90902-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90902-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Brain Res. 1994 Apr 11;642(1-2):29-37. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90902-4.