Interactions between aromatase (estrogen synthase) and dopamine in the control of male sexual behavior in quail

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-55

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Baillien, Michelle ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive sexual behavior; Aromatase; Consummatory sexual behavior; Copulatory behavior; Dopamine; Japanese quail; Preoptic area; Steroid neurotransmitter interaction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 5 HYDROXY 2 (N PHENETHYL N PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; AMFONELIC ACID; ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; APOMORPHINE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; N (3 HYDROXYPHENETHYL) N (PHENETHYL)PROPYLAMINE; NOMIFENSINE; NORADRENALIN; QUINPIROLE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SPIPERONE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOROZOLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROMATIZATION; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036234517     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(01)00531-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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