Neonatal handling induces alteration in progesterone secretion after sexual behavior but not in angiotensin II receptor density in the medial amygdala: Implications for reproductive success

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2867-2871

  Gomes, Cármen Marilei ^a   Donadio, Márcio Vinícius Fagundes ^a   Anselmo Franci, Janete ^b   Franci, Celso Rodrigues ^c   Lucion, Aldo Bolten ^a   Sanvitto, Gilberto Luiz ^a  

^a Departamento de Fisiologia   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Odontologia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II receptors; Female rats; Medial amygdala; Neonatal handling; Progesterone; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DECAPITATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33646591918     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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