Sexual reward induces Fos in the cerebellum of female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-148

  Paredes Ramos, Pedro ^a   Pfaus, James G ^b   Miquel, Marta ^c   Manzo, Jorge ^a   Coria Avila, Genaro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Copulation; Deep nuclei; Fastigial; Granule; Paced mating; Purkinje; Sexual reward

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78649325877     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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