Rapid activation of phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinase after sexual stimulation in male mice

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 294-298

  Taziaux, Mélanie ^a   Keller, Matthieu ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^c   Bakker, Julie ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amygdala; copulatory behavior; MAPK phosphorylation; neuronal activation; olfaction

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COPULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955064498     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283460f35     Document Type: Article

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