Using c-Fos immunocytochemistry to identify forebrain regions that may inhibit maternal behavior in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 337-352

  Sheehan, Teige P ^a   Cirrito, John ^a   Numan, Marilyn J ^a   Numan, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; RAT;

EID: 0033931810     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.2.337     Document Type: Article

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