Variation in oxytocin receptor density in the nucleus accumbens has differential effects on affiliative behaviors in monogamous and polygamous voles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1312-1318

  Ross, Heather E ^a   Freeman, Sara M ^a   Spiegel, Lauren L ^a   Ren, Xianghui ^b,c   Terwilliger, Ernest F ^b   Young, Larry J ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Cognition; Maternal; Neuropeptide; Preference; Virus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IODINE 125; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIR BOND; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 59649098930     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5039-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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