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Genotype differences in behavior and tyrosine hydroxylase expression between wild-type and progesterone receptor knockout mice.
Behavioural brain research - 28 Feb 2006
Woolley Sarah C, O'Malley Bert, Lydon John, Crews David
Abstract excerpt
Progesterone receptor (PR) activation can modulate the expression of male sexual behavior, both acutely in adulthood as well as during development, through long lasting effects on neural differentiation. One mechanism by which PR activation may affect behavior, during either epoch of life, is through alterations of the dopaminergic system. We investigated the effects of PR deletion on the sensitivity of sexual...
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