Effect of estrogen on the lordosis-inhibiting action of ketanserin and SB 206553

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-135

  Sinclair Worley, L ^a   Uphouse, L ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Females; Serotonin; Serotonin 2 receptors; Sexual behavior; Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,5 TETRAHYDRO 5 METHYL 1 (3 PYRIDYLCARBAMOYL)PYRROLO[2,3 F]INDOLE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; KETANSERIN; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN 2A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; INDOLES; KETANSERIN; POSTURE; PROGESTERONE; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342632450     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.09.032     Document Type: Article

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