RU486 blocks effects of allopregnanolone on the response to restraint stress

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 568-572

  Uphouse, Lynda ^a   Adams, Sarah ^a,b   Miryala, Chandra Suma Johnson ^a   Hassell, James ^a,c   Hiegel, Cindy ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Female rats; Lordosis behavior; Proceptivity; Progesterone metabolites; Progesterone receptors

Indexed keywords

(11 BETA (4 DIMETHYLAMINO)PHENYL 17 BETA HYDROXY 17 (1 PROPYNYL)ESTRA 4,9 DIEN 3 ONE); 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MIFEPRISTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; POSTURE; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 84868584216     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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