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Rapid activation of phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinase after sexual stimulation in male mice.
Taziaux, Mélanie; Keller, Matthieu; Balthazart, Jacques et al.
2011In Neuroreport, 22 (6), p. 294-8
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Keywords :
immediate early gene; sexual behavior
Abstract :
[en] We mapped cells immunoreactive for the phosphorylated form (p44/p42) of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (pMAPK--also known as ERK1/2) in the brain of male mice after exposure to female olfactory cues or after the display of male copulatory behaviors. Exposure to soiled bedding from estrous females or the display of coital behaviors rapidly (within 10 min) induced MAPK phosphorylation in most of the brain regions known to be involved in the processing of olfactory cues (main and accessory olfactory bulbs, amygdala, and medial preoptic area) and in the control of copulatory behavior (amygdala and medial preoptic area). MAPK phosphorylation thus seems to be a useful marker to study short-term neural activation associated with the expression of specific behaviors.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Taziaux, Mélanie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biologie de la différenciation sexuelle du cerveau
Keller, Matthieu
Balthazart, Jacques  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biologie de la différenciation sexuelle du cerveau
Bakker, Julie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biologie de la différenciation sexuelle du cerveau
Language :
English
Title :
Rapid activation of phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinase after sexual stimulation in male mice.
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Neuroreport
ISSN :
0959-4965
eISSN :
1473-558X
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
22
Issue :
6
Pages :
294-8
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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