title: Involvement of the striatum in the central regulation of the hormonal functions of the gonads.
abstract: Studies reported here show that intrastriatal administration of corticoliberin to rats decreases the blood testosterone level. However, in conditions of chemical deficiency of dopaminergic transmission in the dorsal striatum induced by injection of 6-hydroxydopamine, the effect of this neurohormone did not appear. It is concluded that extrahypothalamic corticoliberin is involved in regulating the hormonal reproductive system acting via dopaminergic mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Neuroendocrinology Laboratory, I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rybnikova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Rakitskaya
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Shalyapina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000502:physiology*; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D016627:Oxidopamine; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D016627:Oxidopamine; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D004298:Dopamine