Progesterone's 5α-reduced metabolite, 3α,5α-THP, mediates lateral displacement of hamsters

Brain Research

Volumn 1038, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-68

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Rhodes, Madeline E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAA receptors; Lordosis; Neurosteroids; Non genomic; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; FINASTERIDE; GESTAGEN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; INDOMETACIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MATING; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TACTILE STIMULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 14844300858     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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