The sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus of quail: A key brain area mediating steroid action on male sexual behavior

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-125

  Panzica, Gian Carlo ^a   Viglietti Panzica, Carla ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aromatase; avian brain; catecholamines; Coturnix japonica; male copulatory behavior; SDN POA; testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030052507     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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