Anterior hypothalamic neural activation and neurochemical associations with aggression in pair-bonded male prairie voles

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1109-1122

  Gobrogge, Kyle L ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Jia, Xixi ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anterior hypothalamus; c fos; Dopamine; Mating; Neural activation; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VOLE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIR BOND; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 34249286642     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21364     Document Type: Article

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