Neuroanatomical specificity in the expression of the immediate early gene c-fos following expression of appetitive and consummatory male sexual behaviour in Japanese quail

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1869-1887

  Taziaux, M ^a   Cornil, C A ^a,c   Dejace, C ^a   Arckens, L ^b   Ball, G F ^c   Balthazart, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus striae terminalis; Copulatory behaviour; Preoptic area; Rhythmic cloacal sphincter movements; Visual system

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CLOACA; CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR; COTURNIX; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERIODICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33645460726     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04719.x     Document Type: Article

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