Toward understanding the neurobiology of social attachment: Role of estrogen receptors in the medial amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Trezza, Viviana ^a   Campolongo, Patrizia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION; AUTISM; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; NEUROBIOLOGY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58149390926     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5193-08.2009     Document Type: Note

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