Trpc2 gene impacts on maternal aggression, accessory olfactory bulb anatomy and brain activity

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 639-649

  Hasen, N S ^a   Gammie, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fos; Glomerulus; Maternal; Trpc2; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN FOS; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 2;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATROPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES; TRPC CATION CHANNELS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70349685315     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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