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Science 21 December 1984:
Vol. 226. no. 4681, pp. 1436 - 1439
DOI: 10.1126/science.6209800
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Science, Vol 226, Issue 4681, 1436-1439
Copyright © 1984 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Facilitated sexual behavior reversed and serotonin restored by raphe nuclei transplanted into denervated hypothalamus

VN Luine, KJ Renner, M Frankfurt, and EC Azmitia

Fetal raphe cells transplanted into the hypothalamus reversed facilitation of feminine sexual behavior in rats with brain lesions induced by 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine. Immunocytochemical and chemical analyses of serotonin indicate that reinnervation of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus by the transplants is associated with behavioral recovery. The findings suggest that transplanted fetal tissue can exert functional regulation over an innate, complex, hormone-dependent behavior in adult rats.




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