A novel membrane estrogen receptor activated by STX induces female sexual receptivity through an interaction with mGluR1a

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 363-368

  Christensen, Amy ^a   Micevych, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Estradiol; Estrogen receptor; Lordosis; STX

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; STX; TAMOXIFEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LORDOSIS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERNALIZATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ACRYLAMIDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; POSTURE; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84879132893     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351077     Document Type: Article

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