Progesterone-independent activation of rat brain progestin receptors by reproductive stimuli

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 511-514

  Auger, Anthony P ^a   Moffatt, Christopher A ^a   Blaustein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MIFEPRISTONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; ONAPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MATING; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031032931     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.1.4986     Document Type: Article

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