Androgen receptor distribution in the social decision-making network of eusocial naked mole-rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 214-218

  Holmes, Melissa M ^a   Van Mil, Spencer ^a   Bulkowski, Camila ^a   Goldman, Sharry L ^b   Goldman, Bruce D ^b   Forger, Nancy G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Anterior hypothalamus; Lateral septum; Naked mole rat; Preoptic area; Social status

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CRYOPROTECTION; DECISION MAKING; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; METABOLISM; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLE RATS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84883291180     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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