Progesterone receptor in the forebrain of female gray short-tailed opossums: Effects of exposure to male stimuli

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 190-196

  Vitazka, Maria E ^a   Cárdenas, Horacio ^a   Cruz, Yolanda ^c   Fadem, Barbara H ^b   Norfolk, Jennifer R ^a   Harder, John D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrus; Monodelphis domestica; Opossum; Pheromone; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; ZONA INCERTA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONODELPHIS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PHEROMONES; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PROGESTERONE; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 58149131302     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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