Infusions of 5alpha-pregnan-3alpha-ol-20-one (3alpha,5alpha-THP) to the ventral tegmental area, but not the substantia nigra, enhance exploratory, anti-anxiety, social and sexual behaviours and concomitantly increase 3alpha,5alpha-THP concentrations in the hippocampus, diencephalon and cortex of ovariectomised oestrogen-primed rats. [electronic resource]
Producer: 20070130Description: 960-75 p. digitalISSN:- 0953-8194
- Animals
- Anxiety -- metabolism
- Cerebral Cortex -- metabolism
- Diencephalon -- metabolism
- Exploratory Behavior -- drug effects
- Female
- Hippocampus -- metabolism
- Microinjections
- Neural Pathways -- drug effects
- Pregnanolone -- administration & dosage
- Progesterone -- metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Long-Evans
- Sexual Behavior, Animal -- drug effects
- Signal Transduction -- physiology
- Substantia Nigra -- drug effects
- Ventral Tegmental Area -- drug effects
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Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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