PMID: 7517750Feb 1, 1994Paper

Estrogen receptor immunoreactivity in specific brain areas of the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is altered by sexual receptivity and genetic sex

Journal of Neuroendocrinology
O C HnatczukJ I Morrell

Abstract

The prairie vole is a small rodent with an unusual reproductive strategy. A sexually naive female vole requires male contact to initiate the maturation of her reproductive functions. Contact with an unfamiliar adult male vole increases blood estrogen levels, reproductive tissue weights, and brain nuclear estrogen receptor binding levels of female voles. What is not known is: 1) What is the precise distribution of estrogen receptor containing neurons in the prairie vole brain? 2) Does male induced sexual receptivity alter the distribution or number of estrogen receptors in specific brain areas of the female vole? 3) Do male and female voles differ in the distribution or number of estrogen receptor containing neurons? We compared sexually receptive-male-exposed females, sexually naive females, and sexually naive males, for the presence of estrogen receptor immunoreactive (ER-IR) neurons in specific cell groups of the brain. The number of ER-IR neurons per cell group was counted and the relative amount of immunoreactivity per neuron was measured by densitometry. The neuroanatomical distribution of estrogen receptor containing neurons in the vole was similar to the distribution of estrogen receptors in most rodents. The mean number...Continue Reading

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