Differential c-fos expression in the brain of male Japanese quail following exposure to stimuli that predict or do not predict the arrival of a female

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2835-2846

  Taziaux, M ^a   Lopez, J ^b   Cornil, C A ^a,c   Balthazart, J ^a   Holloway, K S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive behaviour; Hippocampus; Nucleus taeniae of the amygdalu; Rhythmic cloacal sphincter movements; Sexual conditioning

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; EXPOSURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUAIL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPHINCTER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); COTURNIX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 34250019361     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05542.x     Document Type: Article

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