Home seeking behavior in rat pups: Attachment vs. kin selection, oxytocin vs. vasopressin

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 612, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 48-53

  Sigling, Hein O ^a,b   Wolterink Donselaar, Inge G ^a   Spruijt, Berry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Homing behavior; Kin recognition; Norway rat; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESSIN[1 (3,3 CYCLOPENTAMETHYLENE 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID) 2 (O METHYLTYROSINE)]; ARGIPRESSIN[DEGLYCINAMIDE]; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; KIN SELECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 65549140847     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.03.070     Document Type: Article

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