The contribution of oxytocin and vasopressin to mammalian social behavior: Potential role in autism spectrum disorder

NeuroSignals

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-97

  Harony, Hala ^a   Wagner, Shlomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Oxytocin; Receptors; Social behavior; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN DERIVATIVE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANXIETY; AUTISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPULSION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; OXYTOCINERGIC SYSTEM; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY; STEREOTYPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUST; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE; VASOPRESSINERGIC SYSTEM; VOLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 79952438178     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321035     Document Type: Review

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