Patterns of expression of the immediate-early gene egr-1 in the accessory olfactory bulb of female mice exposed to pheromonal constituents of male urine

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1463-1470

  Brennan, P A ^a   Schellinck, H M ^b   Keverne, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; Mice; Pheromones; Urinary; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

BREVICOMIN; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLFACTORY BULB; PHEROMONES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032923630     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00556-9     Document Type: Article

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