Fos expression in the female rat brain during the proestrous prolactin surge and following mating

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-289

  Yang, Shu Ping ^a   Lee, Youngsoo ^a   Voogt, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Estrous cycle; Fos; Prolactin; Sex behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROLACTIN; STEROID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032928501     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054429     Document Type: Article

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