Male and female odors induce Fos expression in chemically defined neuronal population

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Donato Jr , Jose ^a,c   Cavalcante, Judney Cley ^a,b   Silva, Renata Juliana ^a   Teixeira, Aline Stavin ^a   Bittencourt, Jackson Cioni ^a   Elias, Carol Fuzeti ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasting; Innate responses; Nitric oxide; Pheromone; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN FOS; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; UROCORTIN III;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FASTING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UROCORTINS;

EID: 71849114495     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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