title: NADPH-diaphorase activity increases during estrous phase in the bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tract in the female rat.
abstract: We investigated the presence of nitric oxide in the bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tract (BAOT) in males, diestrous females and estrous females using NADPH-diaphorase. Our results demonstrate a significant increase in the density of the medium-stained cells in the estrous female rats suggesting that during estrous a specific subpopulation of nitrinergic cells are activated in the BAOT. This might be related to the physiological and behavioral changes that occurs in estrous.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicobiologi;a, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, P.O. Box 60.148. 28040-, Madrid, Spain. pcollado@psi.uned.es
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Collado
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guillamón
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pinos
authors.forename: M Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pérez-Izquierdo
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Falgueras
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.forename: Cilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: GianCarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Panzica
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048429:Cell Size; D030762:Estrous Cycle / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D052248:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052248:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; C496322:Nos1 protein, rat; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase