Lesions that functionally disconnect the anterior and posterodorsal sub-regions of the medial amygdala eliminate opposite-sex odor preference in male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

Neuroscience

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1052-1062

  Maras, P M ^a   Petrulis, A ^a  

^a Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

chemosensory; olfaction; reproductive behavior; sexual preference; social behavior

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 73749083612     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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