Reverse engineering the lordosis behavior circuit

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-354

  Pfaff, D W ^a   Kow, L M ^a   Loose, M D ^b   Flanagan Cato, L M ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Estradiol; Hypothalamus; Lordosis; Motivation; Progesterone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HORMONE ACTION; LORDOSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CRICETINAE; ESTROGENS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; KINETICS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 47549114424     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.012     Document Type: Review

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