Novel progesterone receptors: Neural localization and possible functions

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 SEP, 2013, Pages

  Petersen, Sandra L ^a   Intlekofer, Karlie A ^b   Moura Conlon, Paula J ^a   Brewer, Daniel N ^a   Del Pino Sans, Javier ^c   Lopez, Justin A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

25DX; MPR; PAQR; PGR; PGRMC1

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR MEMBRANE COMPONENT 1; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR MEMBRANE COMPONENT 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; CATAMENIAL EPILEPSY; FLUID BALANCE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; MOLECULE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROPROTECTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84895552836     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00164     Document Type: Review

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