Oxytocin and vasopressin receptors and species-typical social behaviors

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 212-221

  Young, Larry J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONKEY; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033390531     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1999.1548     Document Type: Article

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