The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is a limbic forebrain structure that receives heavy projections from, among other areas, the basolateral amygdala, and projects in turn to hypothalamic and brainstem target areas that mediate many of the autonomic and behavioral responses to aversive or threatening stimuli. Despite its strategic anatomical position, initial attempts to implicate the bed n...

Lesions of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis result in decrements in sodium ingestion. Specifically, sodium ingestion that is aroused by mineralocorticoids, in addition to sodium depletion, was reduced in rats with large lesions of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Need-free salt ingestion was also reduced. These results suggest that the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis may be i...

Drugs of abuse preferentially increase dopamine transmission in the shell of the nucleus accumbens. This area is considered as a transition between the striatum and the extended amygdala a complex neural system that includes the central amygdala and the bed nucleus of stria terminalis, areas that, like the nucleus accumbens shell, are heavily innervated by mesolimbic dopamine neurons originatin...

in wistar rats, reproductive behavior is controlled in a neural circuit of ventral forebrain including the medial amygdala (me), bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (bnst) and medial preoptic area (mpoa) via perception of social odors. diabetes mellitus (dm) is a widespread metabolic disease that affects many organs in a variety of levels. dm can cause central neuropathies such as neuronal apop...

The medial nucleus of the amygdala, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and medial preoptic area appear to mediate steroidal regulation of mating behavior in male rodents. The mechanism of action has not been determined. One way testosterone could enhance neuronal function is by increasing neurotransmitter levels, thus altering neuronal transmission. To assess this hypothesis, we examined the ...

The extra-hypothalamic actions of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) have been accorded an important role in coordinating responses to stressors and contributing to the consequences of drug abuse. Recent proposals suggest that CRH actions in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis coordinate responses to tonic/unpredictable stressors whereas these actions in the central nucleus of the amygda...

introduction: the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (bst) is a limbic structure which is involved in cardiovascular regulation and baroreflex modulation. the presence of cholinergic synaptic terminalis with high level of muscarinic receptors in the bst has been demonstrated. this study was performed to find the role of the cholinergic muscarinic receptor in cardiovascular response and baroref...

Key words novelty; bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; BNST; amygdale; fMRI; BST.

introduction: the bed nucleus stria terminalis (bst) is a part of the limbic system. it was recently shown that chemical stimulation of the bst by l-glutamate elicited cardiovascular depressive responses. in the present study, we have investigated the possible cardiovascular role of the gabaergic receptors in bst by microinjection of its agonist and antagonists. methods: experiments were perfor...

We investigated the involvement of the adrenal glucocorticoid, corticosterone, in the control of the rhythmic expression of the circadian clock protein, Period2, in forebrain nuclei known to be sensitive to glucocorticoids, stressors and drugs of abuse, the oval nucleus of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and the central nucleus of the amygdala. We found previously that the daily rhythm ...