SEX BEHAVIOR AND ALPHA(2)-ADRENERGIC RECE PTORS IN THE BRAIN CORTEX OF MALE-RATS AFTER CASTRATION AND TESTOSTERONE TREATMENT

Authors
SHISHKINA GT SURNINA NY DYGALO NN
Citation
Gt. Shishkina et al., SEX BEHAVIOR AND ALPHA(2)-ADRENERGIC RECE PTORS IN THE BRAIN CORTEX OF MALE-RATS AFTER CASTRATION AND TESTOSTERONE TREATMENT, Zurnal vyssej nervnoj deatelnosti im. I.P. Pavlova, 47(3), 1997, pp. 592-596
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Neurosciences
Journal title
Zurnal vyssej nervnoj deatelnosti im. I.P. Pavlova → ACNP
ISSN journal
00444677
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
592 - 596
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4677(1997)47:3<592:SBAARP>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Castration of male rats inhibited their sexual behaviour and increased the density of the alpha(2) adrenergic receptors in the brain cortex, Treatment of castrated or intact males with testosterone activated th eir sexual behaviour and decreased the receptor density in the brain c ortex, The obtained evidence testify to the involvement of the brain a lpha(2) adrenergic receptors in the effect of testosterone on male sex ual behaviour.