Estrogen receptor-α in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis regulates social affiliation in male prairie voles ( Microtus ochrogaster)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Lei, Kelly ^a,e   Cushing, Bruce S ^b   Musatov, Sergei ^c   Ogawa, Sonoko ^d   Kramer, Kristin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; VOLE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MALE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77749233749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008931     Document Type: Article

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