Female odors lead to rapid activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in neurons of the vomeronasal system

Brain Research

Volumn 915, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-46

  Dudley, Carol A ^a   Chakravarty, Sumana ^a   Barnea, Ayalla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; c Fos; Chemosensory stimulation; ERK; Pheromone; Signal transduction cascades

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL; TIME FACTORS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0035812923     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02820-7     Document Type: Article

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