Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone reduces sexual motivation but not lordosis behavior in female Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 501-510

  Piekarski, David J ^a   Zhao, Sheng ^a   Jennings, Kimberly J ^a   Iwasa, Takeshi ^a   Legan, Sandra J ^b   Mikkelsen, Jens D ^c   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^d   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(RFRP); Proceptivity; Receptivity; RFamide neuropeptides; RFamide related peptide

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LORDOSIS QUOTIENT; MATING; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

(RFRP); PROCEPTIVITY; RECEPTIVITY; RFAMIDE NEUROPEPTIDES; RFAMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MOTIVATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84884148688     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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