A single social defeat experience selectively stimulates the release of oxytocin, but not vasopressin, within the septal brain area of male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 872, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 87-92

  Ebner, K ^a   Wotjak, C T ^a   Landgraf, R ^a   Engelmann, M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotional stress; Microdialysis; Septum

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 0034725919     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02464-1     Document Type: Article

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