Role of vasopressin and oxytocin in the control of social behavior in Syrian hamsters(Mesocricetus auratus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue C, 1999, Pages 395-408

  Albers, H Elliott ^a   Bamshad, Maryam ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032460341     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)61583-6     Document Type: Article

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