Neuroendocrinology of Social/Affiliative Behavior

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 377-383

  Cole, C D ^a   Young, L J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Maternal care; Neuroendocrine; Neuropeptides; Nucleus accumbens; Oxytocin; Prairie voles; Prolactin; Social behavior; Social bonding; Social memory; Social recognition; Vasopressin; Ventral pallidum

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951763033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01188-8     Document Type: Chapter

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