Olfactory, partner preference and Fos expression in the vomeronasal projection pathway of sexually sluggish male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 389-397

  Portillo, Wendy ^a   Díaz, Néstor F ^a   Retana Márquez, Socorro ^b   Paredes, Raúl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fos immunoreactivity; Masculine sexual behavior; Olfactory preference; Partner preference; Sexually sluggish male rats; Vomeronasal projection pathway

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN FOS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MATING TYPE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SMELLING; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 33746256222     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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