Progestins' effects on sexual behaviour of female rats and hamsters involving D1 and GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area may be G-protein-dependent

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-293

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

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Lordosis; Muscimol; Neurosteroids; Non genomic; 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; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GESTAGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCIMOL; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; MICROINJECTIONS; POSTURE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THIONUCLEOTIDES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 33746752115     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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