The olfactory amygdala in amniotes: An evo-devo approach

Anatomical Record

Volumn 296, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1317-1332

  Abellán, Antonio ^a   Desfilis, Ester ^a   Medina, Loreta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developmental regulatory genes; Evolution; Forebrain embryonic divisions; Medial amygdala; Pheromones; Social behavior; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AGGRESSION; AMNIOTE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC STRESS; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY AMYGDALA; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PREDATOR; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPTILE; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; VENTRAL PALLIUM; ZONA INCERTA;

AMNIOTA; EMYDIDAE; LACERTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PIPIDAE; RODENTIA; TETRAPODA;

DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATORY GENES; EVOLUTION; FOREBRAIN EMBRYONIC DIVISIONS; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOMERONASAL SYSTEM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIZARDS; MICE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PIPIDAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TURTLES; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84882667249     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22744     Document Type: Article

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