Effects of ovariectomy on inputs from the medial preoptic area to the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus of young adult rats.

This study analysed the connectivity pattern established between the MPN and the VMH that is involved in the neuronal circuit responsible for female sexual behaviour in control and OVX rats. The data show the changes in the organization of the connections observed in the OVX adult rats that displayed a reduced axonal length for the MPN fibres reaching the VMHvl, suggesting that peripubertal ovarian hormones are relevant to the organization of MPN connections with structures involved in the promotion of female sexual behaviour. PMID: 32914872 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Anatomy - September 10, 2020 Category: Anatomy Authors: Pereira LDS, Gobbo DR, Ferreira JGP, Horta-Junior JACE, Sá SI, Bittencourt JC Tags: J Anat Source Type: research