Steroidal/neuropeptide interactions in hypothalamus and amygdala related to social anxiety

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue , 2008, Pages 291-303

  Choleris, Elena ^a   Devidze, Nino ^b   Kavaliers, Martin ^c   Pfaff, Donald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

amygdala; anxiety; autism; estradiol; hypothalamus; neuropeptide; oestrogen; oxytocin; paraventricular

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; NEUROPEPTIDE; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; AUTISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEROIDS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 47549093710     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00424-X     Document Type: Review

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