Oxytocin inhibits aggression in female Syrian hamsters

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 963-969

  Harmon, A C ^a   Huhman, K L ^a   Moore, T O ^a,b   Albers, H E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior hypothalamus; Female Syrian hamster; Medial preoptic area; Resident intruder; Scent marking

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 0036919028     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2002.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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