Progesterone Receptor Expression in the Developing Mesocortical Dopamine Pathway: Importance for Complex Cognitive Behavior in Adulthood

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 207-222

  Willing, Jari ^a,b   Wagner, Christine K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Development; Dopamine; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; (3AS,4S,9BS)-N-(2-(8-CYANO-1-FORMYL-2,3,3A,4,5,9B-HEXAHYDRO-1H-PYRROLO(3,2-C)QUINOLIN-4-YL)-2-METHYLPROPYL)-4,6-DIFLUOROBENZOFURAN-2-CARBOXYAMIDE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL NUCLEUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INNERVATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MESOCORTICAL DOPAMINE PATHWAY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZOFURANS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIFEPRISTONE; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUINOLINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84930892707     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000434725     Document Type: Article

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