Estrogen receptor β activation rapidly modulates male sexual motivation through the transactivation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1a

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 13110-13123

  Seredynski, Aurore L ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Ball, Gregory F ^b   Cornil, Charlotte A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ER ; Estrogens; Membrane initiated effects; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; 4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; AROMATASE; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1A; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOROZOLE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR TYPE 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NITRILE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX JAPONICA; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COTURNIX; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; COTURNIX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; HORMONES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NITRILES; PROPIONATES; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84942155202     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2056-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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