Endogenous oxytocin is necessary for preferential Fos expression to male odors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in female Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-664

  Martinez, Luis A ^a   Levy, Marisa J ^a   Petrulis, Aras ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive; Chemosensory; Olfaction; Precopulatory; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VAGINAL SECRETION;

APPETITIVE; CHEMOSENSORY; OLFACTION; PRECOPULATORY; SEXUAL MOTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; ODORS; OXYTOCIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 84884942755     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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