The temporal course of expression of c-Fos and Fos B within the medial preoptic area and other brain regions of postpartum female rats during prolonged mother-young interactions

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 609-622

  Stack, Edward C ^b   Numan, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PUERPERIUM; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0033914354     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.3.609     Document Type: Article

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