Involvement of pregnane xenobiotic receptor in mating-induced allopregnanolone formation in the midbrain and hippocampus and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hippocampus among female rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3375-3390

  Frye, C A ^a,b   Koonce, C J ^a,b   Walf, A A ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Hippocampus; Mating; Midbrain; Neurosteroid; Progesterone; PXR

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; PREGNANE XENOBIOTIC RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ELTANOLONE; PRASTERONE; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATING; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTRUS CYCLE; GENETICS; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MESENCEPHALON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84930278626     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3569-3     Document Type: Article

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