Sexual dimorphism in the vasopressin system: Lack of an altered behavioral phenotype in female V1a receptor knockout mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-136

  Bielsky, Isadora F ^a,c   Hu, Shuang Bao ^b   Young, Larry J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Females; Neuropeptides; Sexual dimorphism; V1a receptor; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN 6A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 24344501806     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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