The temporal pattern of mating-induced immediate-early gene product immunoreactivity in LHRH and non-LHRH neurons of the estrous ferret forebrain

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 345-359

  Wersinger, Scott R ^a   Baum, Michael J ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; c Jun; Egr 1; GnRH; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERRET; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERRETS; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0029920777     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1996.04623.x     Document Type: Article

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