Pheromones elicit equivalent levels of fos-immunoreactivity in prepubertal and adult male Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-55

  Romeo, Russell D ^a   Parfitt, David B ^a   Richardson, Heather N ^a   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fos; Pheromones; Puberty; Reproductive behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032143974     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1463     Document Type: Article

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