Evidence that the medial amygdala projects to the anterior/ventromedial hypothalamic nuclei to inhibit maternal behavior in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 341-356

  Sheehan, T ^b   Paul, M ^a   Amaral, E ^a   Numan, M J ^a   Numan, M ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior nucleus of the hypothalamus; Excitotoxic lesions; Fos immunoreactivity; Maternal behavior; Medial amygdala; Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMILLARY BODY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; CELL COUNT; DENERVATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTOXINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035817710     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00286-X     Document Type: Article

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