Sensory, hormonal, and neural control of maternal aggression in laboratory rodents

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 869-888

  Lonstein, Joseph S ^a   Gammie, Stephen C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Amygdala; c Fos; Citrulline; Defensive behavior; Estrogen; GABA; Infanticide; Lactation; Maternal behavior; Nitric oxide; Olfaction; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; pCREB; Periaqueductal gray; Peripeduncular nucleus; Progesterone; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEAR; HORMONAL REGULATION; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HORMONES; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036944905     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00087-8     Document Type: Review

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