The role of the vasopressin 1b receptor in aggression and other social behaviours

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue , 2008, Pages 65-72

  Caldwell, Heather K ^a   Wersinger, Scott R ^b   Young III, W Scott ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; hippocampus; social memory; social motivation; social recognition; vasopressin; vasopressin 1b receptor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1B RECEPTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENALECTOMY; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; CUES; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTIVATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 47549109563     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00406-8     Document Type: Review

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