Masculinization induced by neonatal exposure to PGE2 or estradiol alters c-fos induction by estrous odors in adult rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Nugent, Bridget M ^a   Wright, Christopher L ^a   Zup, Susan L ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Fos; Pheromones; Prostaglandin E2; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; INDOMETACIN; PHEROMONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VIRILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DINOPROSTONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; ODORS; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58149492769     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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