Differential excitatory responses to oxytocin in sub-divisions of the bed nuclei of the stria terminalis

Neuropeptides

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-407

  Wilson, B C ^a   Terenzi, M G ^b   Ingram, C D ^c  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis; Desensitization; Limbic; Oxytocin; Septum

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

TERMINALIS;

EID: 23044451110     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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