Relationship between sexual satiety and brain androgen receptors

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-26

  Romano Torres, Mónica ^a   Phillips Farfán, Bryan V ^a   Chavira, Roberto ^b   Rodríguez Manzo, Gabriela ^a   Fernández Guasti, Alonso ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor immunocytochemistry; Lateral septum; Medial amygdala; Medial preoptic area; Sexual recovery after satiety; Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATIETY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SATIETY RESPONSE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 34047261107     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099250     Document Type: Article

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