NMDA-Mediated Activation of the Medial Amygdala Initiates a Downstream Neuroendocrine Memory Responsible for Pseudopregnancy in the Female Rat

This work was supported by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant HD21802, a National Institute of Mental Health Independent Scientist Award (MH01435), and a Clare Boothe Luce Professorship from the Henry R. Luce Foundation to M.S.E. We thank Dr. A. Parlow and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for supplying the reagents for the rat PRL assay. We also thank Greeshma Rai for her technical assistance.

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Mary S. Erskine, Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215. E-mail: erskine{at}bio.bu.edu.