Vomeronasal, olfactory, hormonal convergence in the brain. Cooperation or coincidence?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 855, Issue , 1998, Pages 349-361

  Meredith, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0032452058     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10593.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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