In vivo evidence for progesterone dependent decreases in serotonin release in the hypothalamus and midbrain central grey: Relation to the induction of lordosis

Brain Research

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 84-92

  Farmer, Carla J ^a   Isakson, Timothy R ^a   Coy, Daniel J ^a   Renner, Kenneth J ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

5HT; Lordosis; Microdialysis; Midbrain central grey; Preoptic area; Progesterone; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LORDOSIS; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029921437     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01403-9     Document Type: Article

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