Oxytocin control of maternal behavior. Regulation by sex steroids and offspring stimuli

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 807, Issue , 1997, Pages 126-145

  Pedersen, Cort A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERIKARYON; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAT; SCATCHARD PLOT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030956289     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51916.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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