Differences in hypothalamic serotonin between estrous phases and gender: An in vivo microdialysis study

Brain Research

Volumn 785, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-96

  Gundlah, Chrisana ^a,b   Simon, Lisa D ^a   Auerbach, Sidney B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine (5 HT, serotonin) antidepressant; Estrous; Fenfluramine; Gender; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FENFLURAMINE; PAROXETINE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DIESTRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FENFLURAMINE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PAROXETINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032559611     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01391-7     Document Type: Article

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