Effects of acute stress on the day of proestrus on sexual behavior and ovulation in female rats: Participation of the angiotensinergic system

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 591-600

  Vinícius Fagundes Donadio, Márcio ^a,b   Kunrath, Aline ^a   Corezola, Kizzy Ludnila ^a   Franci, Celso Rodrigues ^c   Anselmo Franci, Janete A ^c   Lucion, Aldo Bolten ^a   Sanvitto, Gilberto Luiz ^a  

^a Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saú   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Estrous cycle; Female rats; LH; Ovulation; Progesterone; Prolactin; Sexual behavior; Stress

Indexed keywords

1 (4 DIMETHYLAMINO 3 METHYLBENZYL) 5 DIPHENYLACETYL 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDRO 1H IMIDAZO[4,5 C]PYRIDINE 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTERONE; LOSARTAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35649025389     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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