Regionalization of Fos immunostaining in rat accessory olfactory bulb when the vomeronasal organ was exposed to urine

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2254-2260

  Inamura, K ^a   Kashiwayanagi, M ^a   Kurihara, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fos immunoreactivity; Rodents; Transmission pathway; Urinary pheromone

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MITRAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGIONALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0033041687     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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