Abstract
Developmental stress can detrimentally affect adult female reproductive behavior, influencing sexual receptivity and fertility. Recent work has demonstrated neuronal nitric oxide (NO) synthase (nNOS)-promoted NO release in the ventromedial hypothalamus as a nexus between pre-pubertal stress and adult sexual behavior in mice.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Female
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Male
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Mice, Knockout
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Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I* / genetics
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Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I* / metabolism
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Sexual Behavior, Animal* / physiology
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Stress, Psychological* / metabolism
Substances
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Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
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Nos1 protein, mouse