Mating behavior induces differential Arc expression in the main and accessory olfactory bulbs of adult rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-114

  Matsuoka, Masato ^a,b   Yoshida Matsuoka, Junko ^a,b   Sugiura, Hiroko ^c   Yamagata, Kanato ^c   Ichikawa, Masumi ^b,c   Norita, Masao ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immediate early gene; Immunocytochemistry; Olfaction; Pheromone; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFORMATION; MALE; MATING; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037176188     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01187-4     Document Type: Article

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