Hormone-neurotransmitter interactions in the control of sexual behavior

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-116

  Hull, Elaine M ^a   Lorrain, Daniel S ^a   Du, Jianfang ^a   Matuszewich, Leslie ^a   Lumley, Lucille A ^a   Putnam, Susan K ^a   Moses, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Dopamine; Lateral hypothalamic area; Medial preoptic area; Nitric oxide; Serotonin; SSRI; Steroid receptors; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; ECOPIPAM; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOXETINE; FLUTAMIDE; MIFEPRISTONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

BRAIN REGION; COPULATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032830789     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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