From vasotocin to stress and cognition

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 626, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-26

  de Kloet, E Ronald ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Canary); (Rat); Brain; Depression; Glucocorticoid receptors; Glucocorticoids; Mineralocorticoid receptors; Resilience; Singing behaviour; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN[DEGLYCINAMIDE]; ARGIPRESTOCIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CANARY; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 70649115430     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.10.017     Document Type: Review

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