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Interactions between estradiol and haloperidol on perseveration and reversal learning in amphetamine-sensitized female rats.

Author(s): Almey A, Arena L, Oliel J, Shams WM, Hafez N, Mancinelli C, Henning L, Tsanev A, Brake WG

Horm Behav. 2017 03;89:113-120 Authors: Almey A, Arena L, Oliel J, Shams WM, Hafez N, Mancinelli C, Henning L, Tsanev A, Brake WG

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Central ghrelin receptor stimulation modulates sex motivation in male rats in a site dependent manner.

Author(s): Hyland L, Rosenbaum S, Edwards A, Palacios D, Graham MD, Pfaus JG, Woodside B, Abizaid A

Horm Behav. 2018 01;97:56-66 Authors: Hyland L, Rosenbaum S, Edwards A, Palacios D, Graham MD, Pfaus JG, Woodside B, Abizaid A

Article GUID: 29080670
Glutamate release in the ventromedial hypothalamus of the female rat during copulation: modulation by estradiol.

Author(s): Georgescu M, Afonso VM, Graham MD, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2014 Feb;65(2):119-26 Authors: Georgescu M, Afonso VM, Graham MD, Pfaus JG

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Sensitization of sexual behaviors in ovariectomized Long-Evans rats is induced by a subthreshold dose of estradiol benzoate and attenuated by repeated copulation.

Author(s): Jones SL, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2014 Sep;66(4):655-62 Authors: Jones SL, Pfaus JG

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The inhibitory effects of corncob bedding on sexual behavior in the ovariectomized Long-Evans rat treated with estradiol benzoate are overcome by male cues.

Author(s): Jones SL, Antonie RA, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2015 Jun;72:39-48 Authors: Jones SL, Antonie RA, Pfaus JG

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Behavioral defeminization by prenatal androgen treatment in rats can be overcome by sexual experience in adulthood.

Author(s): Jones SL, Cordeaux E, Germé K, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2015 Jul;73:104-15 Authors: Jones SL, Cordeaux E, Germé K, Pfaus JG

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RU486 facilitates or disrupts the sensitization of sexual behaviors by estradiol in the ovariectomized Long-Evans rat: Effect of timecourse.

Author(s): Jones SL, Gardner Gregory J, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2015 Sep;75:1-10 Authors: Jones SL, Gardner Gregory J, Pfaus JG

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Physiological mechanisms, behavioral and psychological factors influencing the transfer of milk from mothers to their young.

Author(s): Jonas W, Woodside B

Horm Behav. 2016 Jan;77:167-81 Authors: Jonas W, Woodside B

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Vaginocervical stimulation attenuates the sensitization of appetitive sexual behaviors by estradiol benzoate in the ovariectomized rat.

Author(s): Jones SL, Germé K, Graham MD, Roy P, Gardner Gregory J, Rosenbaum S, Parada M, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2015 Sep;75:70-7 Authors: Jones SL, Germé K, Graham MD, Roy P, Gardner Gregory J, Rosenbaum S, Parada M, Pfaus JG

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Effects of ovarian hormones on the emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during distributed clitoral stimulation in the rat.

Author(s): Gerson CA, Mac Cionnaith CE, Quintana GR, Pfaus JG

Horm Behav. 2019 Mar;109:1-9 Authors: Gerson CA, Mac Cionnaith CE, Quintana GR, Pfaus JG

Article GUID: 30690029
Title:Central ghrelin receptor stimulation modulates sex motivation in male rats in a site dependent manner.
Authors:Hyland L,  Rosenbaum S,  Edwards A,  Palacios D,  Graham MD,  Pfaus JG,  Woodside B,  Abizaid A
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29080670?dopt=Abstract
DOI:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.10.012
Category:Horm Behav
PMID:29080670
Dept Affiliation: CSBN
1 Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2 Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
3 Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
4 Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: alfonso_abizaid@carleton.ca.

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Central ghrelin receptor stimulation modulates sex motivation in male rats in a site dependent manner.

Horm Behav. 2018 01;97:56-66

Authors: Hyland L, Rosenbaum S, Edwards A, Palacios D, Graham MD, Pfaus JG, Woodside B, Abizaid A

Abstract

Ghrelin, a hormone produced primarily by the stomach, has been associated with motivational processes that include reward-seeking behaviors. In male laboratory mice, elevation of ghrelin levels enhances some aspects of sexual motivation and behavior, whereas in other experiments with male mice, rats, and other species, ghrelin treatment or food deprivation decreases sexual motivation and/or behavior. The present tested the hypothesis that stimulation of ghrelin receptors in different brain regions have opposite effects on male sexual motivation and behavior. To do this we examined appetitive and consummatory sex behaviors of male rats with a truncated ghrelin receptor (FHH-GHSRm1/Mcwi), and that of their WT (FHH) littermates. We also examined the effects of ghrelin or the ghrelin antagonist D-Lys-GHRP6 delivered into the VTA or the MPOA on appetitive and consummatory sex behaviors in male Long Evans rats. Results demonstrate that rats with a truncated ghrelin receptor, or rats that are food deprived, show deficits in anticipatory sex. Furthermore, although ghrelin does not further stimulate sex anticipation in rats when infused into the VTA, intra-VTA infusions of D-Lys-GHRP6 into the VTA further decreases in sex anticipation in food deprived rats. In contrast, ghrelin delivery into the mPOA decreased sex anticipation compared to saline or D-Lys-GHRP6 infused rats. Overall, these data suggest that ghrelin receptor signalling is important for full expression of appetitive sex behaviors. Within the VTA, ghrelin may act to enhance sex motivation, while acting on the mPOA to decrease sex motivation and promote foraging.

PMID: 29080670 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]