Peptides of love and fear: Vasopressin and oxytocin modulate the integration of information in the amygdala

BioEssays

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 869-873

  Dȩbiec, Jacek ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 [5 CHLORO 1 (2,4 DIMETHOXYLPHENYLSULFONYL) 2,3 DIHYDRO 3 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 2 OXO 1H INDOL 3 YL] 4 HYDROXY N,N DIMETHYL 2 PYRROLIDINECARBOXAMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN STEM; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE PROJECTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEAR; HUMANS; LOVE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26244448127     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20301     Document Type: Review

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