Integration of chemosensory and hormonal input in the male Syrian hamster brain

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 855, Issue , 1998, Pages 362-372

  Wood, Ruth I ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0032451821     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10594.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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