Inhibiting biosynthesis and/or metabolism of progestins in the ventral tegmental area attenuates lordosis of rats in behavioural oestrus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 545-552

  Petralia, S M ^a   Jahagirdar, V ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

5 pregnan 3 ol 20 one; Metabolism; Neurosteroidogenesis; Sexual behaviour; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; DIGITOXIN; FINASTERIDE; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GESTAGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LORDOSIS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; DIGITOXIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; MESENCEPHALON; POSTURE; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 23944478886     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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