Mating-induced expression of c-fos in the male Syrian hamster brain: Role of experience, pheromones, and ejaculations

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 481-501

  Kollack Walker, Sara ^a   Newman, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; chemoinvestigation; copulation; experience; limbic

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COPULATION; EJACULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL COUNT; COPULATION; CRICETINAE; EJACULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MESOCRICETUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 0030945111     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199705)32:5<481::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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