The inter-relationship between gonadal steroids and POMC peptides, β- endorphin and α-MSH, in the control of sexual behavior in the female rat

Peptides

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1309-1316

  Medina, F ^a   Siddiqui, A ^b   Scimonelli, T ^a   Fenske, C ^c   Wilson, C A ^c   Celis, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MSH; Endorphin; Arcuate nucleus; Estradiol; Lordosis; POMCmRNA; Preoptic area; Progesterone; Septum; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; STEROID;

ADRENALECTOMY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; POSTURE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031728655     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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