Comparison of the effects of estradiol and progesterone on serotonergic function

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 633-641

  Benmansour, Saloua ^a   Weaver, Rami S ^a   Barton, Amanda K ^a   Adeniji, Opeyemi S ^a   Frazer, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronoamperometry; estradiol; FST; progesterone; serotonin transporter; SSRI

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLUVOXAMINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLUVOXAMINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MICROINJECTIONS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; SWIMMING;

EID: 84858281656     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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