The medial preoptic area is necessary for sexual odor preference, but not sexual solicitation, in female Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 606-614

  Martinez, Luis A ^a   Petrulis, Aras ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive; Chemosensory; Olfaction; Proceptive; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; LORDOSIS; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ODOR PREFERENCE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CRICETINAE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOCRICETUS; ODORS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84876490185     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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