Neuronal Fos activation in olfactory bulb and forebrain of male rats having erections in the presence of inaccessible estrous females

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1025-1033

  Kelliher, K R ^a   Liu, Y C ^b   Baum, M J ^a   Sachs, B D ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Fos immunoreactivity; Medial amygdala; Medial preoptic nucleus; Non contact erections; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ONCOGENE C FOS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0032992046     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00050-0     Document Type: Article

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