Male pheromones initiate prolactin-induced neurogenesis and advance maternal behavior in female mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Larsen, Caroline M ^a   Kokay, Ilona C ^a   Grattan, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Maternal behavior; Mice; Neurogenesis; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; PHEROMONE DERIVATIVE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES; PROLACTIN; SMELL; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40849133844     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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