Segal M, Shohami E, Jacobowitz D M
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1984 Jan;20(1):133-5. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(84)90113-8.
Phenylethylamine, which induces mounting behavior in naive adult male rats when administered chronically, was shown to selectively raise brain norepinephrine levels in the medial preoptic nucleus, a region known to be implicated in the regulation of sexual behaviors. It is suggested that the catecholamine alteration is a secondary response to the primary influence of phenylethylamine on the preoptic nucleus.
苯乙胺在长期给药时会诱发未接触过该药物的成年雄性大鼠出现骑跨行为,研究表明它能选择性地提高视前内侧核中的脑去甲肾上腺素水平,该区域已知与性行为的调节有关。有人提出,儿茶酚胺的改变是苯乙胺对视前核的主要影响所产生的次级反应。