Conditional oxytocin receptor knockout mice: Targeting the forebrain to understand behavior

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3254-3255

  Amico, Janet ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 46349096128     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0463     Document Type: Short Survey

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