Chemosensory and hormone information are relayed directly between the medial amygdala, posterior bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and medial preoptic area in male Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 536-548

  Been, Laura E ^a   Petrulis, Aras ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Fos; Odor preference; Olfaction; Pheromone; Reproduction; Retrograde tracer

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; PROTEIN FOS; STEROID HORMONE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CUES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 79954746802     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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