Sex differences in function of a pheromonally stimulated pathway: Role of steroids and the main olfactory system

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-413

  Swann, Jennifer ^a   Fiber, Jeannie M ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BNST; Copulation; Hamster; Medial nucleus of the amygdala; MPOA

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; SEX PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VAGINA SECRETION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHEROMONES; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; VAGINA;

EID: 0030726368     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00220-7     Document Type: Article

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