Misty Role of Amygdala in Female Reproductive Behavior
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The primary reproductive behavior of female quadrupeds is known as lordosis which is the bending of vertebral column during intercourse. This behavior depends on the actions of estrogens followed by progestin in cells within defined neuronal groups in the hypothalamus and midbrain. The main neural circuit for lordosis behavior is well established. Estrogen-dependent transcription in ventromedial hypothalamic (VMH) cells sends permissive signals to the midbrain central grey, thus enabling the rest of the circuit to operate [1]. Main neural circuit of lordosis consists of medial preoptic, medial anterior and ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus, midbrain central gray, the reticular formation and spinal cord [2].
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