Role of progesterone receptor isoforms in female sexual behavior induced by progestins in rats

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-81

  Guerra Araiza, Christian ^a   Gómora Arrati, Porfirio ^b   García Juárez, Marcos ^b   Armengual Villegas, Alejandra ^a   Miranda Martínez, Alfredo ^a   Lima Hernández, Francisco Javier ^b   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^c   González Flores, Oscar ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brain; Lordosis; Progesterone; Progesterone receptor isoforms; Progestins

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; 5BETA,3BETA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LORDOSIS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

5-ALPHA-DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; PREGNANOLONE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651122903     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000224406     Document Type: Article

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