Nuclear receptor coactivators function in estrogen receptor- and progestin receptor-dependent aspects of sexual behavior in female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-392

  Molenda Figueira, Heather A ^a   Williams, Casey A ^a   Griffin, Andreana L ^a   Rutledge, Eric M ^b   Blaustein, Jeffrey D ^a   Tetel, Marc J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CBP; Hypothalamus; Lordosis; Nuclear receptor coactivator; Proceptive behavior; Reproductive behavior; SRC 1; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LORDOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33747034452     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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