In sexually naive anestrous ewes, male odour is unable to induce a complete activation of olfactory systems

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 272-279

  Chanvallon, Audrey ^a,b   Fabre Nys, Claude ^b  

^a Centre Interregional d'Information et de Recherche en Production Ovine   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Accessory olfactory system; Fos immunochemistry; Main olfactory system; Male effect; Sexual experience; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROTEIN FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 70349435277     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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