Immunoreactivity of central vasopressin and oxytocin pathways in microtine rodents: A quantitative comparative study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 726-737

  Wang, Zuoxin ^a   Zhou, Lei ^b   Hulihan, Terrence J ^a   Insel, Thomas R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

monogamy; sexual dimorphism; voles

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0029963841     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960318)366:4<726::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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