Female gonadal hormones, serotonin, and sexual receptivity

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 242-257

  Uphouse, Lynda ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT receptor; Estrogen; Lordosis; Progesterone; Stress; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN REGION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033813025     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(00)00032-1     Document Type: Review

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