Endogenous oxytocin is involved in short-term olfactory memory in female rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-94

  Engelmann, Mario ^a   Ebner, Karl ^a   Wotjak, Carsten T ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antagonists; Estrous cycle; Juvenile discrimination; Learning; Memory; Oxytocin; Sexual dimorphism; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTRUS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031887574     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00084-3     Document Type: Article

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