Anti-sense oligonucleotides, for progestin receptors in the VMH and glutamic acid decarboxylase in the VTA, attenuate progesterone-induced lordosis in hamsters and rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-64

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Murphy, Rebecca E ^a   Platek, Steven M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra genomic; GABA; Neurosteroid; Receptivity; Ventral tegmental area; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HAMSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HAMSTERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STEROIDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033834363     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00242-4     Document Type: Article

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