Fos expression at the cerebellum following non-contact arousal and mating behavior in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Manzo, Jorge ^a   Miquel, Marta ^b   Toledo, Rebeca ^a   Mayor Mar, Justo Abraham ^c   Garcia, Luis I ^a   Aranda Abreu, Gonzalo E ^a   Caba, Mario ^a   Hernandez, Maria Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cerebellar cortex; Ejaculation; Granule cells; Sensory stimulation; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COPULATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CEREBELLUM; COPULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 42449132330     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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