Anti-sexual and anxiogenic behavioral consequences of corticotropin- releasing factor overexpression are centrally mediated

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 215-224

  Heinrichs, Stephen C ^a   Min, Helen ^a   Tamraz, Susan ^a   Carmouché, Michelle ^a   Boehme, Stefen A ^a   Vale, Wylie W ^b  

^a NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Corticotropin releasing factor; Lordosis; Methysergide; Serotonin antagonist; Sexual receptivity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; METHYSERGIDE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030797555     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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