Impact of single neonatal serotonin treatment (hormonal imprinting) on the brain serotonin content and sexual behavior of adult rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2703-2711

  Csaba, G ^a   Knippel, Barbara ^b   Karabelyos Cs ^c   Inczefi Gonda, Ágnes ^a   Hantos, Monika ^b   Tekes, Kornélia ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Biotest Hungaria Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

5HT; Brain serotonin; Hormonal imprinting; Receptors; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0141448771     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00666-0     Document Type: Article

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