Brain region-specific transcriptomic markers of serotonin-1a receptor agonist action mediating sexual rejection and aggression in female marmoset monkeys

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1461-1475

  Aubert, Yves ^a,b,c   Allers, Kelly A ^d   Sommer, Bernd ^d   de Kloet, E Ronald ^a   Abbott, David H ^c,e   Datson, Nicole A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

8 OH DPAT; Female Sexual Function; Gene Expression; Nonhuman Primate; Oxytocin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ION CHANNEL; OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 7 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALLITRICHINAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENERGY YIELD; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEARNING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEMORY; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

EID: 84878743698     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12131     Document Type: Article

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