Features of a hormone-driven defined neural circuit for a mammalian behavior. Principles illustrated, neuroendocrine syllogisms, and multiplicative steroid effects.
Pfaff
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Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000502:physiology; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000502:physiology; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology; D008141:Lordosis; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000502:physiology; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000502:physiology; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000502:physiology; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000502:physiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology; D013256:Steroids / Q000502:physiology*
D004745:Enkephalins; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D013256:Steroids; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D010121:Oxytocin