Oxytocin and vasopressin receptor distributions in a solitary and a social species of tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi and Ctenomys sociabilis)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1847-1859

  Beery, Annaliese K ^a,b   Lacey, Eileen A ^a   Francis, Darlene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 3210 Tolman Hall No 1650 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Anxiety; Central amygdala; Colonial; Lateral septum; Nucleus accumbens; OTR; Rodent; Social behavior; Sociality; V1aR; Ventral pallidum

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; LIGAND; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COLONIAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GROUP DYNAMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOUTH AMERICA; THALAMUS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; LIGANDS; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; OXYTOCIN; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RODENTIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 41149133932     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21638     Document Type: Article

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