A functional neuroanatomical investigation of the role of the medial preoptic area in neural circuits regulating maternal behavior

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 17-36

  Stack, Edward C ^a   Balakrishnan, Revathi ^a   Numan, Marilyn J ^a   Numan, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fos proteins; Lateral septum; Maternal behavior; Medial preoptic area; Nucleus accumbens; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; HORMONE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS;

EID: 0037061550     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00370-9     Document Type: Article

References (88)

1. The septal forebrain and the inhibitory modulation of attack and defense in the rat. A review
2. Ovarian endocrine status modulates the anxiolytic potency of diazepam and the efficacy of gamma-aminobutyric acid-benzodiazepine receptor-mediated chloride ion transport
3. Dopamine functions in appetitive and defensive behaviours
4. Central prolactin infusions stimulate maternal behavior in steroid-treated, nulliparous female rats
5. The patterns of afferent innervation of the core and shell in the accumbens part of the rat ventral striatum: Immunohistochemical detection of retrogradely transported fluoro-gold
6. A defect in nurturing in mice lacking the immediate early gene fosB
7. Differential expression of Fos protein in the brain of female mice dependent on pup sensory cues and maternal experience
8. Neural activity mapping with inducible transcription factors
9. Neurons in the lateral subdivision of the habenular complex mediate the hormonal onset of maternal behavior in rats
10. The habenular complex mediates hormonal stimulation of maternal behavior in rats
11. The rat forebrain in sterotaxic coordinates
12. The concepts of the ventral striatopallidal system and extended amygdala
13. Telencephalic projections of the A8 dopamine cell group
14. The functional role of mesotelencephalic dopamine systems
15. Disruption of maternal behavior in rats with lesions of the septal area
16. Timidity prevents the virgin female rat from being a good mother: Emotionality differences between nulliparous and parturient females
17. Activation of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the medial preoptic area and limbic structures by maternal and social interactions in rats
18. Disruption of maternal behavior and appearance of cannibalism after ventral mesencepahlic tegmentum lesions
19. Anxiogenic-like effect induced by substance P injected into the lateral septal nucleus
20. Convergence and segregation of ventral striatal inputs and outputs
21. Maternal behavior of female rats with 6-OHDA lesions in the ventral striatum: Characterization of the pup retrieval deficit
22. Interaction with pups enhances dopamine release in the ventral striatum of maternal rats: A microdialysis study
23. Behavioural similarities between mother rats and benzodiazepine-treated non-maternal animals
24. The effects of 6-OHDA-induced dopamine depletions in the ventral or dorsal striatum on maternal and sexual behavior in the female rat
25. Mesotelencephalic dopamine system and reproductive behavior in the female rat: Effects of ventral tegmental 6-hydroxydopamine lesions on maternal and sexual responsiveness
26. Reduced fearfulness in the lactating rat
27. Specificity in the projection patterns of accumbal core and shell in the rat
28. Induction of immediate-early genes and the control of neurotransmitter-regulated gene expression within the nervous system
29. The role of nucleus accumbens dopamine in motivated behavior: A unifying interpretation with special reference to reward-seeking
30. Effects of small medial preoptic area lesions on maternal behavior: Retrieving and nest building in the rat
31. Induction of c-fos-like and fosB-like immunoreactivity reveals forebrain neuronal populations involved differentially in pup-mediated maternal behavior in juvenile and adult rats
32. Involvement of the pallidal-thalamocortical circuit in adaptive behavior
33. Dopamine receptor blockade in the nucleus accumbens inhibits maternal retrieval and licking, but enhances nursing behavior in lactating rats
34. Functional specificity of ventral striatal compartments in appetitive behaviors
35. Mother rats bar-press for pups: Effects of lesions of the mpoa and limbic sites on maternal behavior and operant responding for pup-reinforcement
36. Metabolic mapping of the brain in pregnant, parturient and lactating rats using fos immunohistochemistry
37. Comparison of the expression of two immediate early gene proteins, FosB and Fos in the rat preoptic area, hypothalamus and brainstem during pregnancy, parturition and lactation
38. Maternal behavior stimulates c-fos activity within estrogen receptor alpha-containing neurons in lactating rats
39. Forebrain expression of c-fos due to active maternal behaviour in lactating rats
40. Role of the midbrain periaqueductal gray in maternal nurturance and aggression: C-fos and electrolytic lesion studies in lactating rats
41. Functions of the caudal periaqueductal gray in lactating rats: Kyphosis, lordosis, maternal aggression, and fearfulness
42. Anxiety and maternal aggression in house mice (Mus musculus): A look at interindividual variability
43. First and second order maternal behavior related afferents of the lateral habenula
44. Lateral habenula neurons are necessary for the hormonal onset of maternal behavior and for the display of postpartum estrus in naturally parturient female rats
45. Lesions of the central nucleus of the amygdala block the excitatory effects of septal ablation on the acoustic startle reflex
46. Limbic-motor integration
47. Stimulus-transcription coupling in the nervous system: Involvement of the inducible proto-oncogenes fos and jun
48. Dopaminergic modulation of neuronal excitability in the striatum and nucleus accumbens
49. Medial preoptic area and maternal behavior in the female rat
50. Brain mechanisms and parental behavior
51. Maternal behavior
52. Maternal behavior
53. The connections of the medial preoptic region and maternal behavior in the rat
54. Axon-sparing lesions of the preoptic region and substantia innominata disrupt maternal behavior in rats
55. Dorsolateral connections of the medial preoptic area and maternal behavior in rats
56. Preoptic-brainstem connections and maternal behavior in rats
57. Expression of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the preoptic area of maternally behaving virgin and postpartum rats
58. Importance of pup-related sensory inputs and maternal performance for the expression of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the preoptic area and ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of postpartum rats
59. A lesion and neuroanatomical tract-tracing analysis of the role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in retrieval behavior and other aspects of maternal responsiveness in rats
60. Projection sites of medial preoptic area and ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis neurons that express Fos during maternal behavior in female rats
61. Expression of c-fos, fos B, and egr-1 in the medial preoptic area and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis during maternal behavior in rats
62. Medial preoptic area and onset of maternal behavior in the rat
63. Maternal behavior in rats: Evidence for the involvement of preoptic projections to the ventral tegmental area
64. A disconnection analysis of hippocampal function
65. Connections of the rat lateral septal complex
66. Reciprocal connections between the medial preoptic area and the midbrain periaqueductal gray in rat: A WGA-HRP and PHA-L study
67. Expression of c-fos protein in brain: Metabolic mapping at the cellular level
68. The behavioral neurochemistry of motivation: Methodological and conceptual issues in studies of the dynamic activity of nucleus accumbens dopamine
69. Using c-Fos immunocytochemistry to identify forebrain regions that may inhibit maternal behavior in rats
70. The septal region and social behavior
71. The regulation and function of c-fos and other immediate early genes in the nervous system
72. The organization of neural inputs to the medial preoptic nucleus of the rat
73. Projections of the medial preoptic nucleus: A Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin anterograde tract-tracing study in the rat
74. Efferents and afferents of the ventral tegmental-A10 region studied after local injection of [3H]leucine and horseradish peroxidase
75. Effects of lesions of the nucleus accumbens on lactation and postpartum behavior
76. The septal complex as seen through the contex of fear
77. The temporal course of expression of c-Fos and Fos B within the medial preoptic area and other brain regions of postpartum female rats during prolonged mother-young interactions
78. The function of the median cerebral cortex in maternal behavior of rats
79. Ventral somatosensory determinants of nursing behavior in Norway rats. I. Effects of variations in the quality and quantity of pup stimuli
80. The projections of the ventral tegmental area and adjacent regions: Ans: A combined fluorescent retrograde tracer and immunofluorescence study in the rat
81. Evidence for a projection from the lateral preoptic area and substantia innominata to the'mesencephalic locomotor region' in the rat
82. The septum and anxiety
83. Microinfusion of cocaine into the medial preoptic area or nucleus accumbens transiently impairs maternal behavior in the rat
84. The effects of olfactory and somatosensory desensitization on Fos-like immunoreactivity in the brains of pup-exposed postpartum rats
85. Mapping of the motor pathways in rats: c-fos induction by intracortical microstimulation of the motor cortex correlated with efferent connectivity of the site of cortical stimulation
86. On the relationships between the striatum and the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus