Effects of neonatal oxytocin treatment on aggression and neural activities in mandarin voles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 56-62

  Jia, R ^a   Tai, F D ^a   An, S C ^a   Broders, H ^b   Ding, X L ^a   Kong, Q ^a   Zhao, L ^a   Zhang, H ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrasexual aggression; Mandarin voles (Lasiopodomys mandarinus); Neonatal treatment; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VOLE;

EID: 49349098538     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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