Leptin facilitates lordosis behavior through GnRH-1 and progestin receptors in estrogen-primed rats

Neuropeptides

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  García Juárez, Marcos ^a,c   Beyer, Carlos ^a   Soto Sánchez, Alfonso ^a   Domínguez Ordoñez, Raymundo ^a,b   Gómora Arrati, Porfirio ^a   Lima Hernández, Francisco Javier ^a   Eguibar, José R ^c   Etgen, Anne M ^d   González Flores, Oscar ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

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

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antide; GnRH 1 receptor; Leptin; Lordosis behavior; Proceptive behavior; Progestin receptor; Rejection behavior; RU486

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; ITURELIX; LEPTIN; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LORDOSIS QUOTIENT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEPTIN; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 78650784502     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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