Vasopressin/Oxytocin and Receptors

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 51-59

  Young, W S ^a   Gainer, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Aggression; AVPR1a; AVPR1b; Homologous recombination; Knockout mice; Lactation; Magnocellular neurons; Maternal behavior; Neurohypophysis; Neurophysin; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor; Paraventricular nucleus; Parturition; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349123906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01475-3     Document Type: Chapter

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