Thalamic stimulation evokes sex-color change and gamete release in a vertebrate hermaphrodite.
Sperm and egg release and sex-color patterns specific for the male and female phases of reproductive behavior were elicited by electrical stimulation in the thalamus of anesthetized sea bass. Thalamic switching of the sex-role specific motor activities in response to visual signals from the mate is considered an important feature regulating the complex mating activity of these simultaneous hermaphrodites.
D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000502:physiology*; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012880:Skin Pigmentation; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*