Maternal separation interferes with developmental changes in brain vasopressin and oxytocin receptor binding in male rats

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-87

  Lukas, M ^a   Bredewold, R ^a   Neumann, I D ^a   Veenema, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Early life stress; Septum; V1A receptor; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; IODINE ISOTOPES; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; TIME FACTORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 71549126804     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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