β-Endorphin regulates lordosis in female rats by modulating LH-RH release

Nature

Volumn 301, Issue 5895, 1983, Pages 62-64

  Sirinathsinghji, D J S ^a   Whittington, P E ^a   Audsley, A ^a   Fraser, H M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; GONADORELIN; METENKEPHALIN; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LORDOSIS; MESENCEPHALON CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; ENDORPHINS; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADORELIN; MESENCEPHALON; NALOXONE; POSTURE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0020695862     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/301062a0     Document Type: Article

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