The neurosteroids, progesterone and 3α,5α-THP, enhance sexual motivation, receptivity, and proceptivity in female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 808, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-83

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a,b   Bayon, Laura E ^b   Pursnani, Neena K ^b   Purdy, Robert H ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b The Department of Government and International Relations   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Lordosis; Non genomic; Sexual behavior; Solicitation

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PROGESTERONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; EPOSTANE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; FINASTERIDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MATING TYPE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; COPULATION; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; ESTRUS; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANDROSTENOLS; ANIMALS; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032511643     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00764-1     Document Type: Article

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