Anterior hypothalamic vasopressin regulates pair-bonding and drug-induced aggression in a monogamous rodent

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 19144-19149

  Gobrogge, Kyle L ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Young, Larry J ^b   Wanga, Zuoxin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral pharmacology; Drug abuse; Microdialysis; Neural plasticity; Viral vector gene transfer

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VOLE;

AGGRESSION; AMPHETAMINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ARVICOLINAE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PAIR BOND; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 73149122761     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908620106     Document Type: Article

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