Olfactory preference and Fos expression in the accesory olfactory system of male rats with bilateral lesions of the medial preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus

Neuroscience

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1035-1044

  Hurtazo, H A ^a   Paredes, R G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory bulb; c fos; Electrolytic lesion; Medial amygdala; Odor preference; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

EID: 26244438183     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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