Effect of the estrous cycle on olfactory bulb response to vaginocervical stimulation in the rat: Results from electrophysiology and Fos immunocytochemistry experiments

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-149

  Guevara Guzman, Rosalinda ^a   Barrera Mera, Baltazar ^a   Weiss, Mark L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Immediate early genes; Reproductive behavior; Sensory afferent pathway; Unit activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; GRANULAR CELL; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MITRAL CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGINA;

EID: 0030761179     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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