The effects of neonatal castration on the subsequent behavioral response to centrally administered arginine vasopressin and the expression of V1a receptors in adult male prairie voles

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1021-1026

  Cushing, Bruce S ^a,b   Okorie, U ^a   Young, L J ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Development; Microtus; Monogamy; Partner preferences; Prairie vole; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; IMPLANT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MATING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRAIRIE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; CASTRATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0242551896     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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