Injection of oxytocin into the medial preoptic-anterior hypothalamus increases ultrasound production by female hamsters

Peptides

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 833-839

  Floody, Owen R ^a   Cooper, Tim T ^b   Albers, H Elliott ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior hypothalamus; Golden hamster; Oxytocin; Preoptic area; Proceptivity; Sexual behavior; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LORDOSIS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MICROINJECTIONS; OXYTOCIN; POSTURE; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031863864     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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