Vasopressin facilitates play fighting in juvenile golden hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 242-246

  Cheng, Shao Ying ^a   Delville, Yvon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anterior hypothalamus; Microinjection; Vasopressin V1A receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN[1 (3,3 CYCLOPENTAMETHYLENE 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID) 2 (O METHYLTYROSINE)]; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; HORMONE ACTION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CRICETINAE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROINJECTIONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 67649479265     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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