Copulation activates Fos-like immunoreactivity in the male quail forebrain

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-159

  Meddle, Simone L ^a,d   King, Verdun M ^a   Follett, Brian K ^a,e   Wingfield, John C ^b   Ramenofsky, Marilyn ^b   Foidart, Agnès ^c   Balthazart, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coturnix japonica; Immediate early gene; Neuronal activation; Nucleus intercollicularis; Preoptic area; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030970092     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)87581-X     Document Type: Article

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