Photoperiodic and temporal influences on chemosensory induction of brain Fos expression in female prairie voles

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-172

  Hairston, J E ^a   Ball, G F ^a   Nelson, Randy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Early immediate genes; Microtus; Oestrus; Olfaction; Photoperiod; Reproduction; Seasonal; Voles; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONAD; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OLFACTORY BULB; OVARY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; URINE; UTERUS; VOLE; WINTER;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OLFACTORY BULB; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEASONS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0037322271     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.00963.x     Document Type: Review

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