Hormone-driven mechanisms in the central nervous system facilitate the analysis of mammalian behaviours

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 447-453

  Pfaff, Donald ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GESTAGEN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COURTSHIP; DEVELOPMENT; FACILITATION; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LORDOSIS; MAMMAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 15844426914     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.05897     Document Type: Review

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