Female odors stimulate CART neurons in the ventral premammillary nucleus of male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 160-166

  Cavalcante, Judney C ^a   Bittencourt, Jackson C ^a   Elias, Carol F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pheromone; Reproduction; Reproductive behavior; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING;

EID: 33646929507     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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