The influence of chemosensory input and gonadotropin releasing hormone on mating behavior circuits in male hamsters

Brain Research

Volumn 974, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Westberry, Jenne ^a   Meredith, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Olfactory; Pheromone; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY STIMULATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0038326830     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02535-6     Document Type: Article

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