The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is critical for sexual solicitation, but not for opposite-sex odor preference, in female Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 651-659

  Martinez, Luis A ^a   Petrulis, Aras ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive; Chemosensory; Olfaction; Reproduction; Scent marking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MESOCRICETUS; ODORS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SMELL;

EID: 80555149410     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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