Arginine-vasopressin and the regulation of aggression in female Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1655-1663

  Gutzler, Stephanie J ^a   Karom, Mary ^a   Erwin, W D ^a   Albers, H E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Anterior hypothalamus; Estradiol; Gonadal hormones; Photoperiod; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESSIN[1 (3,3 CYCLOPENTAMETHYLENE 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID) 2 (O METHYLTYROSINE)]; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN, 1-(1-MERCAPTOCYCLOHEXANEACETIC ACID)-2-(O- METHYL-L-TYROSINE)-8-L-ARGININE-;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MESOCRICETUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TERRITORIALITY; TIME;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MESOCRICETUS; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEASONS; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951861196     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07190.x     Document Type: Article

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