Phenylethylamine, norepinephrine and mounting behavior in the male rat.
Phenylethylamine, which induces mounting behavior in naive adult male rats when administered chronically, was shown to selectively raise brain norepinephrine levels in the medial preoptic nucleus, a region known to be implicated in the regulation of sexual behaviors. It is suggested that the catecholamine alteration is a secondary response to the primary influence of phenylethylamine on the preoptic nucleus.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011187:Posture; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D010627:Phenethylamines; C029261:phenethylamine; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine