Intrahypothalamic implantation of progesterone in castrated male whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus inornatus) elicits courtship and copulatory behavior and affects androgen receptor- and progesterone receptor-mRNA expression in the brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7347-7352

  Crews, David ^a   Godwin, John ^a   Hartman, Vesta ^a   Grammer, Michael ^a   Prediger, Ellen A ^a,b   Sheppherd, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; androgen; autoregulation; gene expression; intrahypothalamic implantation; lizard; male; preoptic area; progesterone; reptile; septum; sexual behavior; steroid hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; LIZARD; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029850520     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-22-07347.1996     Document Type: Article

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