Infant vocalization, adult aggression, and fear behavior of an oxytocin null mutant mouse

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-155

  Winslow, James T ^a   Hearn, Elizabeth F ^a   Ferguson, Jennifer ^a   Young, Larry J ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^b   Insel, Thomas R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Intrauterine effects; Knockout; Plus maze; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034032904     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1999.1566     Document Type: Article

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