Preoptic area

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Used for

lateral preoptic nucleus, medial preoptic nucleus, preoptic nucleus, preoptic periventricular nucleus, preoptic region

Broader Terms

hypothalamus

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• It is not known whether the preoptic area is also the source of this additional drive.
• Why the medial preoptic area is important for sleep regulation.
• (2004) Glutamate-evoked release in the medial preoptic area is mediated by nitric oxide: Implications for male rat sexual behavior.
• Riters guessed that the medial preoptic area is involved in motivation, and that it interacts with other regions of the brain that produce the actual song.
• com - # 50 d Preoptic Area 32 31 Area, Preoptic; Areas, Preoptic; Preoptic Areas 2f 86 Region of hypothalamus between the anterior commissure and optic chiasm.
• Anatomical and electrophysiological evidence for a projection from the medial preoptic area to the 'mesencephalic and subthalamic locomotor regions' in the rat.
• | The Journal of Neuroscience, September 1, 2000, 20(17):6640-6647 Role of the Lateral Preoptic Area in Sleep-Related Erectile Mechanisms and Sleep Generation in the Rat Markus H.
• Medial preoptic area delta-opioid receptors inhibit lordosis.
• Implantation of normal fetal preoptic area into hypogonadal mutant mice: temporal relationships of the growth of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons and the development of the pituitary/testicular axis.

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