Fos-immunoreactivity within the extended amygdala is correlated with the onset of sexual satiety

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-29

  Parfitt, David B ^a   Newman, Sarah Winans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

BNST; Fos; Hamsters; Medial amygdala; MPOA; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0032142954     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1459     Document Type: Article

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