The medial extended amygdala in male reproductive behavior. A node in the mammalian social behavior network

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 877, Issue , 1999, Pages 242-257

  Newman, Sarah Winans ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMAL; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032808983     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09271.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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