Increased affiliative response to vasopressin in mice expressing the V(1a) receptor from a monogamous vole

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6746, 1999, Pages 766-768

  Young, Larry J ^a   Nilsen, Roger ^a   Waymire, Katrina G ^b   MacGregor, Grant R ^b   Insel, Thomas R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIR BOND; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033584364     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23475     Document Type: Article

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