Forebrain implants of estradiol stimulate maternal nest-building in ovariectomized rabbits

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-279

  González Mariscal, Gabriela ^a   Chirino, Rosario ^a   Rosenblatt, Jay S ^b   Beyer, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Diagonal band of Broca; Estradiol; Maternal behavior; Medial septum; Nest building; Nucleus accumbens; Preoptic area; Progesterone; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; OIL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CRYSTAL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; IMPLANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 13544263223     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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