Motherhood and Nursing Stimulate c-FOS Expression in the Rabbit Forebrain

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-739

  González Mariscal, Gabriela ^a   Jiménez, Angeles ^a   Chirino, Rosario ^a   Beyer, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

c FOS; maternal behavior; nursing; rabbit; stereology

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MOTHERS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67949115625     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016487     Document Type: Article

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