Projection sites of medial preoptic area and ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis neurons that express Fos during maternal behavior in female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 369-384

  Numan, Michael ^a   Numan, Marilyn J ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Double labeling immunocytochemistry; Fos; Maternal behavior; Medial preoptic area

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; TRACER; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030972729     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.t01-1-00597.x     Document Type: Article

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