Steroid implants in the medial preoptic area or ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus activate female sexual behaviour in the musk shrew

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1124-1132

  Veney, S L ^a   Rissman, Emilie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptors; Aromatase enzyme; Intracranial implant; Oestrogen receptors; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BONE WAX; CHARCOAL; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRONE; LIDOCAINE; PENTOBARBITAL; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INSECTIVORE; LATENT PERIOD; MATING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHREWS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033790103     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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