Implications of Immediate-Early Gene Induction in the Brain Following Sexual Stimulation of Female and Male Rodents

Brain Research Bulletin - Tập 44 Số 4 - Trang 397-407 - 1997
James G. Pfaus1, Michaela M. Heeb2
1Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montréal, QC H3G 1M8 Canada;
2Department of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717-4550 USA

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