Maternal care effects on the development of a sexually dimorphic motor system: The role of spinal oxytocin

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-581

  Lenz, Kathryn M ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Development; Experience; Hormone; Masculinization; Maternal care; Motoneuron; Oxytocin; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LICKING; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MATERNAL CARE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTOR NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77956285910     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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