Progesterone has rapid and membrane effects in the facilitation of female mouse sexual behavior

Brain Research

Volumn 815, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-269

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a,b   Vongher, Jill M ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Lordosis; Mouse; Neurosteroids; Non genomic; PRKO mouse; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ALFAXALONE; ESTRIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POSTURE; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033537338     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01132-9     Document Type: Article

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