The density of 5-hydoxytryptamine(2A) receptors in forebrain is increased at pro-oestrus in intact female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-10

  Sumner, Barbara E H ^a   Fink, George ^a  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Gonadal hormones; Gonadal steroids; Mental state; Mood; Oestrogen; Oestrous cycle; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROESTRUS; SECRETION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROESTRUS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SECRETORY RATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030611367     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00651-4     Document Type: Article

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