Species differences in vasopressin receptor binding are evident early in development: Comparative anatomic studies in prairie and montane voles

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-546

  Wang, Zuoxin ^a   Young, Larry J ^a   Liu, Yue ^a   Insel, Thomas R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; lateral septum; monogamy; V(1a)

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; VOLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARVICOLINAE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031047089     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970224)378:4<535::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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