An oxytocin antagonist infused into the central nucleus of the amygdala increases maternal aggressive behavior

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Lubin, Deborah A ^a,c   Elliott, Jay C ^a   Black, Mitchell C ^b   Johns, Josephine M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0037380353     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.117.2.195     Document Type: Article

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