Maternal behavior in rats with kainic acid-induced lesions of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 779-784

  Olazabal, Daniel E ^a,b   Ferreira, Annabel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Kainic acid; Maternal behavior; Nervous system; Neurotoxin; PVN; Rat

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN; OXYTOCIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; LICKING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031011866     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00567-7     Document Type: Article

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