Influence of opioid peptides on the priming action of estrogen on lordosis in ovariectomized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-70

  Torii, Masafumi ^a   Kubo, Katsuharu ^b   Sasaki, Takashi ^c  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ginkyo College of Medical Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female sexual receptivity; Leu enkephalin; Lordosis reflex; Met enkephalin; Multiplicity of opioid actions; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTROGEN; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030570404     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12763-4     Document Type: Article

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