Species-specific chemosignals evoke delayed excitation of the vomeronasal amygdala in freely-moving female rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 881-891

  Mucignat Caretta, Carla ^a   Colivicchi, Maria A ^b   Fattori, Manuela ^b   Ballini, Chiara ^b   Bianchi, Loria ^b   Gabai, Gianfranco ^a   Cavaggioni, Andrea ^a   Della Corte, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Aspartate; Luteinizing hormone; Microdialysis; Oestrus; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TAURINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; CHEMORECEPTORS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLOBULINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINURIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TAURINE; TETRODOTOXIN; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 33750061306     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04127.x     Document Type: Article

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