Hormonal symphony: Steroid orchestration of gene modules for sociosexual behaviors

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 550-556

  Mong, J A ^a   Pfaff, D W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Anxiety; Arousal; Enkephalin; Estrogen; Gene; GnRH; Hypothalamus; Iordosis; LHRH; Neurotrophic; Noradrenalin; Opioid; Oxytocin; Sex

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GLIA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POSTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 3042699831     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001493     Document Type: Review

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