Kendrick A M, Rand M S, Crews D
Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin 78712-1064, USA.
Brain Res. 1995 May 22;680(1-2):226-8. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00191-r.
Lesions to the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) inhibit receptive sexual behavior in the whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus uniparens, an all-female species. All lesions to the VMH that effectively abolished receptivity specifically damaged the dorsal lateral VMH, an area containing high concentrations of estrogen receptor in this species. These data further emphasize conservation of the VMH as a brain area critical to the expression of female sexual behavior in vertebrates.
对鞭尾蜥（雌性孤雌生殖的物种，无父生殖鞭尾蜥）腹内侧下丘脑（VMH）的损伤会抑制其接受性行为。所有能有效消除接受性的VMH损伤都特别损害了背外侧VMH，在该物种中这一区域含有高浓度的雌激素受体。这些数据进一步强调了VMH作为对脊椎动物雌性性行为表达至关重要的脑区的保守性。
