Orthodromic activation of peptidergic cells in the medial amygdala

Peptides

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1175-1177

  Murphy, Stephen ^a   Beall, Ian ^a   Renner, April ^a   Smock, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulbs; Oxytocin; Sexual behavior; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHEROMONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOPRESSINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031470981     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(97)00180-0     Document Type: Article

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