Forebrain expression of c-fos due to active maternal behaviour in lactating rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 267-281

  Lonstein, J S ^a   Simmons, D A ^a   Swann, J M ^b   Stern, J M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation; Lateral habenula; Lateral septum; Maternal behavior; Medial preoptic nucleus; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS;

EID: 0030959711     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00283-2     Document Type: Article

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