Role of the midbrain periaqueductal gray in maternal nurturance and aggression: C-fos and electrolytic lesion studies in lactating rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3364-3378

  Lonstein, Joseph S ^a   Stern, Judith M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; caudal PAG; lactation; maternal aggression; nursing behavior; rostral PAG; suckling

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KYPHOSIS; LACTATION; LORDOSIS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKLING;

EID: 0030987213     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-03364.1997     Document Type: Article

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