α1-Adrenergic agonists act on the ventromedial hypothalamus to cause neuronal excitation and lordosis facilitation: electrophysiological and behavioral evidence

Brain Research

Volumn 588, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 237-245

  Kow, Lee Ming ^a   Weesner, Gary D ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroethylclonidine; Estrogen; Intracerebroventricular infusion; Intrahypothalamic infusion; Methoxamine; Phenylephrine; Prozasin; 1b Adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHLOROETHYLCLONIDINE; ESTRADIOL; ISOPRENALINE; METHOXAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LORDOSIS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ZONA INCERTA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0026705245     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91581-X     Document Type: Article

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