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Emerging mechanisms of the behavioral effects of steroids
L M Flanagan-Cato1, S J Fluharty
1Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA. flanagan@psych.upenn.edu
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
|February 18, 1998
Abstract:
Within two models of steroid-modulated behavior, sodium appetite and sexual receptivity, novel mechanisms of steroid action have emerged. These include interactions between different types of steroid receptors, plasticity of synapses, activation of unliganded steroid receptors, and rapid effects or steroids. These mechanisms highlight the diversity of steroid action in the central nervous system.