Untangling the Neural Circuits for Sexual Behavior

Jonathan Woodson; Addison Niemeyer; Joseph Bergan

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.035

Untangling the Neural Circuits for Sexual Behavior

Neuron. 2017 Jul 5;95(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.035.

Authors

Jonathan Woodson¹, Addison Niemeyer¹, Joseph Bergan²

Affiliations

¹ Neuroscience and Behavior Program and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
² Neuroscience and Behavior Program and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. Electronic address: jbergan@umass.edu.

PMID: 28683262
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.035

Abstract

In this issue, Ishii and colleagues identify an anatomically and genetically defined circuit by which a single compound, exocrine gland-secreted peptide-1 (ESP1), enhances reproductive behavior in female mice.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Mice
Peptides*
Sexual Behavior*

Substances

Peptides