Induction of Fos Immunoreactivity in Oxytocin Neurons in the Paraventricular Nucleus after Female Odor Exposure in Male Rats: Effects of Sexual Experience

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-291

  Nishitani, Shota ^a   Moriya, Takahiro ^a   Kondo, Yasuhiko ^b   Sakuma, Yasuo ^b   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fos; Male; Oxytocin; Pheromone; PVN; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONS; ODORS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842732258     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CEMN.0000018622.44317.14     Document Type: Article

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