Species and sex differences in brain distribution of corticotropin- releasing factor receptor subtypes 1 and 2 in monogamous and promiscuous vole species

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-92

  Lim, Miranda M ^a,b   Nair, Hemanth P ^a   Young, Larry J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Hippocampus; Lateral septum; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VOLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIR BOND; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 18444371476     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20532     Document Type: Article

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