. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 17.

Published in final edited form as: Neuroendocrinology. 2008 Jan 23;88(1):35–42. doi: 10.1159/000XXXXXX

Table 3.

Summary effects of steroid hormone on ORL1 and G protein kinetics in medial preoptic area and mediobasal hypothalamus membranes

	Medial preoptic area		Mediobasal hypothalamus
	EB	EB + P	EB	EB + P
B_max	–	↑	↑	↑
K_d	–	↑	↑	↑
G_proteinB_max	–	–	–	–
G_proteinK_d	–	–	–	–
E_max	–	↑	↑	↑↑
CA	–	↓	↓	↓

EB = 17β-Estradiol benzoate; P = progesterone. Effects of steroid hormone on ORL1 kinetics and catalytic amplification (CA): no comparable differences compared to oil-treated animals (–); one arrow (↓ or ↑) significantly different compared to oil-treated animals (p < 0.05); two arrows (↑ ↑) significantly different compared to EB E_max mediobasal hypothalamus (p < 0.05).