Study of Fos, androgen receptor and testosterone expression in the sub-regions of medial amygdala, bed nucleus of stria terminalis and medial preoptic area in male mandarin voles in response to chemosensory stimulation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 258, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-74

  He, Fengqin ^a   Wu, Ruiyong ^b   Yu, Peng ^c  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor (AR); Female vaginal fluid (FVF); Male flank gland secretion (MFGS); Mandarin voles (Microtus mandarinus); Testosterone (T)

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICROTUS MANDARINUS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VOLE;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR (AR); FEMALE VAGINAL FLUID (FVF); MALE FLANK GLAND SECRETION (MFGS); MANDARIN VOLES (MICROTUS MANDARINUS); TESTOSTERONE (T);

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; ODORS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84886836539     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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