CNS region-specific oxytocin receptor expression: Importance in regulation of anxiety and sex behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2546-2552

  Bale, Tracy L ^a   Davis, Aline M ^b   Auger, Anthony P ^b   Dorsa, Daniel M ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Heterologous expression; Hypothalamus; Lordosis; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ESTROGEN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035313575     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-07-02546.2001     Document Type: Article

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