A role for nNOS in mediating stress and female sexual behavior in mice.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 38688905.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-47993-z and PMC identifier 11061159.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
- Stress, Psychological