Testosterone and sexual experience alter levels of plasma membrane binding sites for progesterone in the male rat brain

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-75

  Witt, D M ^a   Gao, G ^b   Caldwell, J D ^c,d  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Male Sexual Behavior; Medial Preoptic Area; Membrane Progesterone Receptors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIZARD; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0038583814     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39060     Document Type: Article

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