In the ventral tegmental area, progestins' membrane-mediated actions for lordosis of hamsters and rats involve protein kinase A

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 405-414

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

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Pregnan 3 ol 20 one; cAMP; Dopamine type 1 receptors; GABAA; Midbrain; Neurosteroids; Protein kinase A; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; MUSCIMOL; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; LORDOSIS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXY-1-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPINE; ANIMALS; CORTODOXONE; CRICETINAE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; MUSCIMOL; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; PROGESTINS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THIONUCLEOTIDES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 33947516570     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100510     Document Type: Article

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