Species and individual differences in juvenile female alloparental care are associated with oxytocin receptor density in the striatum and the lateral septum

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-687

  Olazabal D E ^a   Young, L J ^a  

^a Georgia State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal behavior; Mouse; Pup aversion; Rat; Septum; Voles

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADOPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; JUVENILE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOSTRIATUM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC AREA; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646124258     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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