Numan M, Numan M
Department of Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167, USA.
Dev Psychobiol. 1996 Jan;29(1):23-51. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199601)29:1<23::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-O.
The ventral part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis forms a junctional region between the medial and lateral preoptic areas. Previous work has shown that the neurons in this region express Fos-like immunoreactivity during maternal behavior, suggesting their involvement in maternal behavior control. Supporting this hypothesis, the first experiment shows that excitotoxic amino acid lesions of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis disrupt retrieval behavior and other aspects of maternal responsiveness in postpartum rats. The second study traces the efferent projections of the ventral bed nucleus with the anterograde tracer Phaseolis vulgaris leucoagglutinin. The following regions receive strong projections: lateral septum, substantia innominata, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, ventral premammillary nucleus, supramammillary nucleus, paraventricular thalamus, ventral tegmental area, periaqueductal gray, retrorubral field, and the region surrounding the locus coeruleus.
终纹床核的腹侧部分形成了内侧和外侧视前区之间的连接区域。先前的研究表明，该区域的神经元在母性行为期间表达Fos样免疫反应性，提示它们参与母性行为控制。支持这一假设的是，第一个实验表明，终纹床核的兴奋性氨基酸损伤会破坏产后大鼠的检索行为和母性反应的其他方面。第二项研究用顺行示踪剂菜豆白细胞凝集素追踪腹侧终纹床核的传出投射。以下区域接受强烈投射：外侧隔、无名质、下丘脑室旁核、乳头前腹侧核、乳头体上核、丘脑室旁核、腹侧被盖区、导水管周围灰质、红核后区以及蓝斑周围区域。
