Restraint accentuates the effects of 5-HT2 receptor antagonists and a 5-HT1A receptor agonist on lordosis behavior

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-73

  Uphouse, Lynda ^a   White, Stacy ^a   Harrison, Lance ^a,b   Hiegel, Cindy ^a   Majumdar, Devi ^a   Guptarak, Jutatip ^a   Truitt, William A ^a,c  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Female rats; Ovariectomized rats; Serotonin; Sexual receptivity; Stress

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,5 TETRAHYDRO 5 METHYL 1 (3 PYRIDYLCARBAMOYL)PYRROLO[2,3 F]INDOLE; 2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ESTRADIOL; KETANSERIN TARTRATE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LORDOSIS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 1642341452     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(03)00194-1     Document Type: Article

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