Maternal care differs in mice bred for high vs. low trait anxiety: Impact of brain vasopressin and cross-fostering

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-168

  Kessler, Melanie S ^a   Bosch, Oliver J ^b   Bunck, Mirjam ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Arched back nursing; AVP; Depression; Genetic predisposition

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 79952528123     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2010.495567     Document Type: Article

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