Serotonin in microdialysate from the mediobasal hypothalamus increases after progesterone administration to estrogen primed macaques

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 555, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-75

  Centeno, Maria Luisa ^a   Reddy, Arubala P ^a   Smith, Lisa J ^a   Sanchez, Rachel L ^a   Henderson, Jessica A ^a   Salli, Nurgul C ^a   Hess, David J ^a   Pau, Francis K Y ^a   Bethea, Cynthia L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Fenfluramine; Hypothalamus; Macaca mulatta; Microdialysis; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FENFLURAMINE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; STEROID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIALYSATE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MACACA; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FENFLURAMINE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MACACA MULATTA; MICRODIALYSIS; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS;

EID: 33845727506     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.10.027     Document Type: Article

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