Prazosin blocks the glutamatergic effects of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid on lordosis behavior and luteinizing hormone secretion in the estrogen-primed female rat

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-370

  Landa, A I ^a   Cabrera, R J ^b   Gargiulo, P A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Luteinizing hormone; N methyl D aspartic acid; Noradrenergic transmission; Prazosin; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PRAZOSIN;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LORDOSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MATING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644814868     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000300007     Document Type: Article

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