Replacement of progesterone with a phenothiazine in the induction of maternal behavior in the ovariectomized nulliparous rat.
Replacement of progesterone with a phenothiazine in the induction of maternal behavior in the ovariectomized nulliparous rat.
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用吩噻嗪替代黄体酮诱导去势未产大鼠的母性行为。
DOI:
10.1016/0031-9384(71)90265-4
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发表时间:
1971
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
M. Lubin
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作者:
H. Moltz;M. Leon;M. Numan;M. Lubin
Full maternal behavior is induced in the ovariectomized nulliparous rat when estrogen and prolactin are injected against a background of progesterone withdrawal. The hypothesis advanced was that progesterone at first elevates activation thresholds within the maternal mediating system and then, upon withdrawal, decreases these thresholds to levels lower than normal. It is during this presumed state of heightened neuronal excitability that estrogen and prolactin are pictured as being able to act on the mediating system to facilitate responsiveness to the sight, sound and odor of young. This hypothesis implies that an agent capable of effecting the kind of “rebound” attributed to the withdrawal of progesterone should substitute for progesterone in the induction of maternal behavior. Perphenazine, an amino derivative of chlorophenothiazine, was selected because of its demonstrated biphasic action on activity thresholds in cortical and subcortical brain areas. Used in place of progesterone in an injection schedule that included estrogen and prolactin, perphenazine was found as effective as progesterone in inducing maternal behavior. The data were held to support the hypothesis regarding the priming effect of progesterone-withdrawal on the maternal mediating system.