Sexually dimorphic activation of midbrain tyrosine hydroxylase neurons after mating or exposure to chemosensory cues in the ferret

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1407-1414

  Wersinger, Scott R ^a,b   Baum, Michael J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS; FERRET; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERRETS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; OVULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030912256     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.6.1407     Document Type: Article

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