The pregnane xenobiotic receptor, a prominent liver factor, has actions in the midbrain for neurosteroid synthesis and behavioral/neural plasticity of female rats

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 APR, 2014, Pages

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a,b   Koonce, Carolyn J ^a,b   Walf, Alicia A ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Cognition; Midbrain ventral tegmental area; Progesterone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; LORDOSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84899134619     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00060     Document Type: Article

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