Gene targeting approaches to neuroendocrinology: Oxytocin, maternal behavior, and affiliation

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-231

  Young, Larry J ^a   Winslow, James T ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^a   Gingrich, Brenden ^a   Guo, Qiuxia ^b   Matzuk, Martin M ^b   Insel, Thomas R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK EJECTION; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031170859     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1377     Document Type: Article

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