A wide range of pheromone-stimulated sexual and reproductive behaviors in female mice depend on G protein Gαo

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Oboti, Livio ^a,d   Pérez Gómez, Anabel ^a   Keller, Matthieu ^b   Jacobi, Eric ^a,e   Birnbaumer, Lutz ^c   Leinders Zufall, Trese ^a   Zufall, Frank ^a   Chamero, Pablo ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bruce effect; Estrus induction; G o signaling; Lordosis; Mate recognition; Puberty acceleration; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; C57BL MOUSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; ODOR; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARY; PHEROMONES; POSTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMELL;

MUS;

EID: 84901670092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-31     Document Type: Article

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