Maternal behavior deficits in nulliparous oxytocin knockout mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-281

  Pedersen, C A ^a   Vadlamudi, S V ^a   Boccia, M L ^b   Amico, J A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knockout mouse; Maternal behavior; Nulliparous; Oxytocin; Pup retrieval; Pup licking

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645472187     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2005.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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