Removal of the superior cervical ganglia fails to block Fos induction in the accessory olfactory system of male mice after exposure to female odors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-16

  Pankevich, D ^a   Baum, M J ^a   Cherry, J A ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Fos; Immunocytochemistry; Pheromone; Superior cervical ganglia; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONAD; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE LESION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NOSE; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 0038180814     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00471-3     Document Type: Article

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