Glutamatergic stimulation of the medial amygdala induces steroid dependent c-fos expression within forebrain nuclei responsive to mating stimulation

Neuroscience

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Lehmann, M L ^a   Erskine, M S ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Medial preoptic area; Prolactin; Vaginocervical stimulation; Ventromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; OIL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN C FOS; STEROID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; COPULATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; STEROIDS;

EID: 26944486641     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.02.053     Document Type: Article

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