The role of limbic vasopressin and oxytocin in social recognition

Brain Research

Volumn 713, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Van Wimersma Greidanus, Tj B ^a   Maigret, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antiserum; hippocampus; oxytocin; septum; social recognition; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029966477     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01505-1     Document Type: Article

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