Dissociated functional pathways for appetitive and consummatory reproductive behaviors in male Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-211

  Been, Laura E ^a   Petrulis, Aras ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Copulation; Medial amygdala; Medial preoptic area; Odor preference; Pheromone; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84856972665     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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