Testosterone augments neuronal fos responses to estrous odors throughout the vomeronasal projection pathway of gonadectomized male and female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-57

  Paredes, R G ^a   Lopez, M E ^a,b   Baum, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Odor preference; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE PREFERENCE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0031920977     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1435     Document Type: Article

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