title: Phenylethylamine, norepinephrine and mounting behavior in the male rat.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D010627:Phenethylamines; C029261:phenethylamine; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine