Maternal nurturing is dependent on her innate anxiety: The behavioral roles of brain oxytocin and vasopressin

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-212

  Bosch, Oliver J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arched back nursing; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; HAB; LAB; Maternal aggression; Maternal care; Medial preoptic area; Microdialysis; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BRAIN REGION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; NURSING CARE; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STRIA TERMINALIS; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYTOCIN; RATS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 79851508034     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.012     Document Type: Review

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