The main olfactory system mediates pheromone-induced fos expression in the extended amygdala and preoptic area of the male Syrian hamster

Neuroscience

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 695-706

  Swann, J ^a,b   Rahaman, F ^a   Bijak, T ^a   Fiber, J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BNST; Copulation; MeP; MPOA; Vomeronasal organ; Zinc sulfate

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN FOS; ZINC SULFATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DEAFFERENTATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VAGINA SECRETION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; COPULATION; CRICETINAE; DENERVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; UP-REGULATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 0035881925     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00227-5     Document Type: Article

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