Oxytocin and the molecular basis of monogamy

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 395, Issue , 1996, Pages 227-234

  Insel, T R ^a   Winslow, J T ^a   Wang, Z X ^a   Young, L ^a   Hulihan, T J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATING; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ARVICOLINAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; RATS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029966095     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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