Oxytocin, motherhood and bonding

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 85 S, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2000, Pages

  Kendrick, Keith M ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODEL; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

EID: 0034124348     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-445x.2000.tb00014.x     Document Type: Review

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