Estrogen-sensitive neurons and sexual behavior in female cats.
The stimulation of mating behavior by means of the stereotaxic introduction of small implants of solid C(14)-diethylstilbestrol di-n-butyrate to the hypothalamus of ovariectomized cats is described. Autoradiographic examination of the brains of mating animals reveals that certain neurons in the region of these implants show a selective affinity for labeled estrogen.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain; D002415:Cats / Q000502:physiology; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004967:Estrogens; D005260:Female; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000494:pharmacology*
D004967:Estrogens; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol
CATS/physiology; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL/pharmacology; HYPOTHALAMUS/pharmacology; SEX BEHAVIOR/pharmacology