Photoperiod alters central distribution of estrogen receptor α in brain regions that regulate aggression

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 358-365

  Kramer, Kristin M ^a   Simmons, Jennifer L ^a   Freeman, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; c Fos; Estrogen receptor alpha; Immediate early gene; Photoperiod; Siberian hamster

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN C FOS; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 38749147730     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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