Sex difference and testosterone modulation of pheromone-induced neuronal fos in the ferret's main olfactory bulb and hypothalamus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1454-1463

  Kelliher, Kevin R ^a   Chang, Yu Ming ^a   Wersinger, Scott R ^a,b   Baum, Michael J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FERRET; GONADECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0031793883     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.6.1454     Document Type: Article

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