The neural circuits of mating and fighting in male mice

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-37

  Hashikawa, Koichi ^a   Hashikawa, Yoshiko ^a   Falkner, Annegret ^a   Lin, Dayu ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ASSOCIATION; FIGHTING; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ZONA INCERTA; ANIMAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84956666853     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.01.006     Document Type: Review

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