Intraspecific variation in estrogen receptor alpha and the expression of male sociosexual behavior in two populations of prairie voles

Brain Research

Volumn 1016, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-254

  Cushing, Bruce S ^a   Razzoli, Maria ^b   Murphy, Anne Z ^c   Epperson, Pamela M ^d   Le, Wei Wei ^d   Hoffman, Gloria E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrogen receptor alpha; Mating strategy; Microtus; Neural basis of behavior; Neuroethology; Prairie vole; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; CASTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRAIRIE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; ILLINOIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KANSAS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

EID: 3042771863     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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