GABAA receptor regulation of kyphotic nursing and female sexual behavior in the caudal ventrolateral periaqueductal gray of postpartum rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 675-687

  Salzberg, H C ^a   Lonstein, J S ^a   Stern, J M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Lordosis; Maternal aggression; Maternal behavior; Muscimol; Sexual proceptivity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; HORMONE; MUSCIMOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN REGION; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; KYPHOSIS; LICKING; LORDOSIS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SUCKLING; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; FEMALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037063690     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00358-5     Document Type: Article

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