The importance of the basolateral/basomedial amygdala for goal-directed maternal responses in postpartum rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 368-376

  Numan, Michael ^a   Bress, Jennifer A ^a   Ranker, Lynsie R ^a   Gary, Anna J ^a   DeNicola, Adele L ^a   Bettis, Jaclyn K ^a   Knapp, Sarah E ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive motivation; Basolateral amygdala; Basomedial amygdala; Maternal behavior; Medial amygdala; Medial preoptic area; Muscimol; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 77955272827     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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