Testosterone differentially influences sex-specific pheromone-stimulated Fos expression in limbic regions of Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-473

  Fiber, Jeannie M ^a,b   Swann, Jennifer M ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PHEROMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030439165     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0050     Document Type: Article

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