Neuronal activation in the caudal brainstem associated with mating by voles

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Curtis, J Thomas ^a   Berkley, Karen J ^a   Wang, Zuo Xin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Gracile; Microtus; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Pair bonding; Sensory; Social

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRACILE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MONOGAMY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VOLE;

EID: 0037402776     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00175-7     Document Type: Article

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