Alpha and beta noradrenergic mediation of NMDA glutamatergic effects on lordosis behaviour and plasmatic LH concentrations in the primed female rat

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-557

  Landa, Adriana Inés ^a   Gargiulo, Ángel José Martín ^a   Gargiulo, Mercedes María Lucrecia ^a   Cabrera, Ricardo Jorge ^b   Bregonzio, Claudia ^a   Lafuente Sánchez, José Vicente ^c   Gargiulo, Pascual Ángel ^a  

^a Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo ^*  (Argentina)

^b LINCE CONICET   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Glutamate; LH; Lordosis; Noradrenergic transmission; Plasmatic

Indexed keywords

2 [2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ETHYLAMINOMETHYL]TETRALONE I 125; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METOPROLOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LORDOSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67349199499     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-009-0217-x     Document Type: Article

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