Effects of progesterone and RU486 on the development and expression of adult male sexual behaviour and gene expression in the amygdala and preoptic area of the hypothalamus

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 916-922

  Breton, A B ^a   Austin, K J ^a   Leedy, M G ^a,b   Alexander, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

testes.

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE; NEUROMEDIN U; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865843647     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12006     Document Type: Article

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