Hormonal and genetic influences on behavioral dispositions related to reproduction.
Success in elucidating neural and genetic mechanisms for a female-typical sociosexual behavior have encouraged new work on mechanisms for the underlying concepts, motivation and arousal. Evidence for global arousal is adduced, and brainstem pathways contributing to global arousal are under investigation.
Frohlich
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J
Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, Rockefeller University, New York 10021, USA.
Morgan
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M
Pfaff
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D004967:Estrogens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*
D004967:Estrogens; D012333:RNA, Messenger