Brain mast cells are influenced by chemosensory cues associated with estrus induction in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Hotchkiss, Andrew K ^b   Demas, Gregory E ^c   Silverman, Ann Judith ^d   Silver, Rae ^a,d,e   Nelson, Randy J ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^e Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrus; Hormone; Immune; Neuroendocrine; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MAST CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLE;

EID: 0345687497     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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