Effects of reproductive experience on central expression of progesterone, oestrogen α, oxytocin and vasopressin receptor mRNA in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus)

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 245-252

  Perea Rodriguez, J P ^a   Takahashi, E Y ^b   Amador, T M ^a   Hao, R C ^b   Saltzman, W ^a   Trainor, B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatherhood; Oestrogens; Oxytocin; Paternal care; Progestogens; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; COHABITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS CALIFORNICUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; STRIA TERMINALIS; VIRGINITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PEROMYSCUS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84924968669     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12264     Document Type: Article

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