Integration of chemosensory and hormonal cues in essential for sexual behaviour in the male syrian hamster: Role of the medial amygdaloid nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1027-1035

  Wood, R I ^a   Coolen, L M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; olfaction; olfactory bulb; sexual behavior; steroid; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CRICETINAE; CUES; DRUG IMPLANTS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; ORCHIECTOMY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030982149     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00629-X     Document Type: Article

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