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SUBMITTER: Dewing P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2904398 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dewing Phoebe P Boulware Marissa I MI Sinchak Kevin K Christensen Amy A Mermelstein Paul G PG Micevych Paul P
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20070801 35
In rats, female sexual behavior is regulated by a well defined limbic-hypothalamic circuit that integrates sensory and hormonal information. Estradiol activation of this circuit results in mu-opioid receptor (MOR) internalization in the medial preoptic nucleus, an important step for full expression of sexual receptivity. Estradiol acts through both membrane and intracellular receptors to influence neuronal activity and behavior, yet the mechanism(s) and physiological significance of estradiol-me ...[more]