Consequences of early experiences and exposure to oxytocin and vasopressin are sexually dimorphic

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-341

  Carter, C Sue ^a   Boone, Ericka M ^a,c   Pournajafi Nazarloo, Hossein ^a   Bales, Karen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Oxytocin; Pitocin; Prairie voles; Sex differences; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; HISTORY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67650982879     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000216544     Document Type: Review

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