Organizational effects of estrogens on brain vasotocin and sexual behavior in quail

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 684-699

  Panzica, Gian Carlo ^a   Castagna, Claudia ^a,b   Viglietti Panzica, Carla ^a   Russo, Cristina ^a   Tlemçani, Omar ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Copulatory behavior; Japanese quail; Lateral septum; Preoptic area; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CLOACA; COTURNIX; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIAZOLES; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 0031769982     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199812)37:4<684::AID-NEU15>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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