Serotonin Transporter Null Mutation and Sexual Behavior in Female Rats: 5-HT1A Receptor Desensitization

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2424-2434

  Snoeren, Eelke ^a   Chan, Johnny ^a   Bovens, Astrid ^a   Cuppen, Edwin ^b   Waldinger, Marcel ^a,c   Olivier, Berend ^a,d   Oosting, Ronald ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT Transporter; Female Sexual Behavior; Knockout Rat; Serotonin associated Sexual Behavior

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LORDOSIS; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WILD TYPE;

EID: 77955135403     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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