In the ventral tegmental area, progestins have actions at D1 receptors for lordosis of hamsters and rats that involve GABAA receptors

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 332-337

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Walf, Alicia A ^a   Petralia, Sandra M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Bicuculline; Dopamine; GABA; Midbrain; Neurosteroids; Non genomic; Reinforcing behavior; Sexual receptivity; SKF38393

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HORMONE ACTION; INFUSION; LOCOMOTION; LORDOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXY-1-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPINE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CRICETINAE; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURE; PROGESTINS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 33745907559     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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