Neuroanatomical and cellular substrates of hypergrooming induced by microinjection of oxytocin in central nucleus of amygdala, an experimental model of compulsive behavior

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1103-1117

  Marroni, S S ^a   Nakano, F N ^a   Gati, C D C ^a,b   Oliveira, J A C ^a   Antunes Rodrigues, J ^a   Garcia Cairasco, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Binding; Hypothalamus; Immunofluorescence; Oxytocin; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GROOMING; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 36549031678     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002015     Document Type: Article

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