Maternal behaviour is associated with vasopressin release in the medial preoptic area and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the rat

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 420-429

  Bosch, O J ^a   Pfortsch J ^a   Beiderbeck, D I ^a   Landgraf, R ^b   Neumann, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arched back nursing; Maternal aggression; Microdialysis; Oxytocin; V1a receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICRODIALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 77957350391     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.01984.x     Document Type: Article

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