Circuits neurobiologiques de la motivation sexuelle chez les mammifères

Description des principaux circuits neurobiologiques innés qui contrôlent l'apprentissage de la motivation sexuelle chez les mammifères femelles non-primates. Synthèse d'après les travaux suivants : Kobayakawa K., Kobayakawa R., Matsumoto H. , Oka Y., Imai T., Ikawa M., Okabe M., Ikeda T., Itohara S., Kikusui T., Mori K., Sakano H. "Innate versus learned odour processing in the mouse olfactory bulb". Nature, 450(7169):503-508, 2007 ; Novejarque A., Gutierrez-Castellanos N., Lanuza E., Martinez-Garcia F. "Amygdaloid projections to the ventral striatum in mice: direct and indirect chemosensory inputs to the brain reward system". Front Neuroanat., 5:54, 2011 ; Flanagan-Cato L.M. "Sex differences in the neural circuit that mediates female sexual receptivity". Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 32(2):124-136, 2011 ; Kang N., Baum M.J., Cherry J.A. "Different profiles of main and accessory olfactory bulb mitral/tufted cell projections revealed in mice using an anterograde tracer and a whole-mount, flattened cortex preparation". Chem. Senses, 36(3):251-260, 2011 ; Cibrian-Llanderal T., Tecamachaltzi-Silvaran M., Triana-Del R.R., Pfaus J.G., Manzo J., Coria-Avila G.A. "Clitoral stimulation modulates appetitive sexual behavior and facilitates reproduction in rats". Physiology & Behavior, 100(2):148-153, 2010.

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