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Role of adrenoreceptors in the activation of the hypothalamo-hypophyseo-testicular complex of mice elicited by the presence of the female

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    The blockade of α1-adrenoreceptors by prazosin completely blocks the increase in the T level in the plasma of the peripheral blood of male mice elicited by the presence of a receptive female.

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    The blockade of β2-adrenoreceptors by optimol is accompanied by an intensification of the stimulating affect (which is dependent on genotype) of the presence of a receptive female on the blood level of the male sex hormone.

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    The results obtained provide a basis for the conclusion that in male mice, under conditions of sexual activation elicited by the presence of a receptive individual of the opposite sex, the stimulating influences on the endocrine function of the testes are realized through the α1-adrenoreceptors, while the inhibiting influences are realized through the β2-adrenoreceptors.

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  1. Laboratory of the Genetic Bases of Neuroendocrine Regulation, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Novosibirsk

    E. V. Naumenko, T. G. Amstislavskaya & A. V. Osadchuk

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Translated from Problemy Éndokrinologii, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 64–67, May–June, 1989.

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Naumenko, E.V., Amstislavskaya, T.G. & Osadchuk, A.V. Role of adrenoreceptors in the activation of the hypothalamo-hypophyseo-testicular complex of mice elicited by the presence of the female. Neurosci Behav Physiol 20, 114–117 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01268130

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