Fos induced by mating or noncontact sociosexual interaction is colocalized with androgen receptors in neurons within the forebrain, midbrain, and lumbosacral spinal cord of male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-138

  Gréco, Béatrice ^a   Edwards, David A ^a   Zumpe, Doris ^b   Michael, Richard P ^b   Clancy, Andrew N ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; CYANINE DYE; FLUORESCEIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MATING; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0344157342     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1443     Document Type: Article

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