FOS immunoreactivity after exposure to conspecific or heterospecific urine: Where are chemosensory cues sorted?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 867-870

  Tubbiola, M L ^a,b   Wysocki, C J ^a  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Great Falls ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; C fos; Immunocytochemistry; Pheromone; Prairie vole; Puberty; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINE; UTERUS GROWTH; VAGINA SECRETION; VOLE;

EID: 0030758791     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00254-0     Document Type: Article

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