Vomeronasal organ: Electrical stimulation activates Fos in mating pathways and in GnRH neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 922, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-94

  Meredith, Michael ^a   Fewell, Gwen ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Electrical stimulation; Gonadotropin hormone releasing hormone; Mating behavior; Preoptic area; Vameronasal

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HAMSTER; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CRICETINAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VAGINA; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0035856863     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03153-5     Document Type: Article

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