Oestrogen receptor a is essential for female-directed chemo-investigatory behaviour but is not required for the pheromone-induced luteinizing hormone surge in male mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-110

  Wersinger, S R ^a   Rissman, E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ER ; ER ; Knockout mice; Pheromones; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHEROMONE; TESTOSTERONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN FORNIX; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORNIX (BRAIN); LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLFACTORY BULB; PHEROMONES; PITUITARY GLAND; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0033621881     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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