Progestin receptor-mediated reduction of anxiety-like behavior in male rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Auger, Catherine J ^a   Forbes Lorman, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DARKNESS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56749158610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003606     Document Type: Article

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