Gender differences in tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neuronal activity in a photoperiodic rodent (Mesocricetus auratus)

Brain Res. 1994 Jan 14;634(1):159-62. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90270-4.

Abstract

When compared to males, female hamsters showed higher concentrations of dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) in the median eminence. This gender difference may be related to the higher levels of prolactin seen in females, but it is not associated with sex differences in median eminence dopamine or in the number of arcuate dopaminergic neurons.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cricetinae
  • Dopamine / physiology*
  • Female
  • Male
  • Median Eminence / cytology
  • Median Eminence / metabolism*
  • Mesocricetus
  • Neurons / metabolism*
  • Photoperiod*
  • Prolactin / blood
  • Sex Characteristics*

Substances

  • Prolactin
  • Dopamine