Immediate early gene activity-regulated cytoskeletal-associated protein regulates estradiol-induced lordosis behavior in female rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-74

  Christensen, Amy ^a   Dewing, Phoebe ^a   Micevych, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc; Arcuate nucleus; Estradiol; Sexual receptivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PROGESTERONE; ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LORDOSIS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATING; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UPREGULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BODY POSTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN RELATION; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OVARIECTOMY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84923645452     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23463     Document Type: Article

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